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What would you prefer? Thousands of apps approved by "a small team in California", which are generally spyware free.

OR a handful of apps specifically designed for your platform.

Doesn't work in FF 3.6?

Looking at the actual Google page, the fonts don't load.

I don't see any details about pricing.

Feels bad giving away all my details before I even know how much I'd need to pay.

Feels dodgy

Why would I submit my personal details before knowing all the other steps?

Yes. Have fun playing with the open source code to the Google Maps app. Or the Mail app. Or the source code to the Market. Or removing all the vendor spamware.

Really. This article overlooks things.

Also.... and this is a big one...... owning a smart phone does not mean you use it as a smart phone...... it is meaningless to "win" this battle just by numbers...... some people own a washing machine just to store bottles in it.

This article has been taken down?

Even if Apple has muscled in, Slate must not have any strength in their convictions/gossiping.

My point is.... Yes, ship in four weeks, but ship to modern browsers with an elegant html5-only decision

Old browsers can have a single, basic file input.

No, I genuinely would prefer the browser natively handle file transfers rather than relying on old browser plugins and lots of hacks to get old browsers to work

Complexity.

Dropping back to native is thinking about the future rather than supporting the past with tired hacks and stupid browser plugins.

As mentioned below, this seems very good http://valums.com/ajax-upload/

I'd be more comfortable styling this to fit my needs than a forced fully blown gizmo

Thanks!

I like the ajax upload.... very simple

fancyupload uses flash.... unless you are Facebook or a government website, I'd avoid all that fancy stuff and keep it simple for the future!

I mean, screw supporting old browsers

Given them a basic, single file uploaded with no fancy

A clean HTML5 implementation, with nice features, is more valued

I'm frustrated that in this day and age this is the best solution people recommend.

Are there any elegant HTML5 multiple file uploaders out there with drag and drop?

That, and direct S3 upload, is the Holy Grail for me.