Re:Paul Buchheit's idea for better file uploads on browsers ...
by benhoyt on Monday August 13, 2007 @12:49AM
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That's pretty sweet! Good link -- I'll keep that in mind. (Though it doesn't do two of the things Paul was after: open a better file-select dialog, and do local data processing on the file before sending it.)
Re:Paul Buchheit's idea for better file uploads on browsers ...
by benhoyt on Sunday August 12, 2007 @09:24PM
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For better or worse -- better, IMHO -- Buchheit's spec on his blog entry rules out Java. Quote: "Unfortunately, Java applets don't actually work, and after 11 years of not working, I'm not expecting that to change."
Re:Paul Buchheit's idea for better file uploads on browsers ...
by mynameishere on Sunday August 12, 2007 @09:26PM
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My experience is contrary to that. I've deployed applets to the general public with success. (No, not 100 percent, but the same can be said of javascript and flash.)
Re:Paul Buchheit's idea for better file uploads on browsers ...
by benhoyt on Sunday August 12, 2007 @09:29PM
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Hmmm ... I guess I'm not the general public, but I'm running a fairly generic install of Firefox 2.0, and the page comes up with a big grey box with a red X in it. I'm not actually sure why this is, as I'm sure I've had some Java apps working in the past.
Update: Oh, the Java console shows something about an "UnsupportedClassVersionError".
Re:Paul Buchheit's idea for better file uploads on browsers ...
by nostrademons on Sunday August 12, 2007 @10:40PM
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That happens when you try to run a Java app that was compiled with a newer compiler on an older VM. Most likely, the demo was built with Java 1.6 and you've still got 1.5. It's working on my browser.
...It's also slow to load and incredibly clunky. Why, Swing, did you have to reimplement every native widget so that none of them look the way we expect? I think Paul's "no Java applets" remark is on the money here.
Re:Paul Buchheit's idea for better file uploads on browsers ...
by benhoyt on Sunday August 12, 2007 @09:19PM
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"$17 does not strike me as a lot of money". True. Obviously Paul hasn't pledged yet. :-)
microPledge is only a few days post-launch, so success stories are low in numbers just yet. But of course we look forward to them coming in slowly but surely.
Even multi-file Flash uploaders with progress bar indicators are free and plentiful. My favorite: http://www.element-it.com/MultiPowUpload.aspx
The only trick is getting Flash to pass session variables or some other way for the server to authenticate the user.
http://labb.dev.mammon.se/swfupload/
Done.
Oh, right. No one likes Java. (I'm a little perplexed as to why the author defaulted to the nasty metal L&F).
Try out the link for yourself, though.
Update: Oh, the Java console shows something about an "UnsupportedClassVersionError".
...It's also slow to load and incredibly clunky. Why, Swing, did you have to reimplement every native widget so that none of them look the way we expect? I think Paul's "no Java applets" remark is on the money here.
$17 does not strike me as a lot of money.
Has anyone used and had success with this micropledge site?
microPledge is only a few days post-launch, so success stories are low in numbers just yet. But of course we look forward to them coming in slowly but surely.