FOUR people working on this? Seriously?
As with many things, there may be more than meets the eye. I'm sure these guys are putting together a lot more functionality that is not visible/ready yet.
Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads
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#82This is a nice solution, given the limitations of the various service APIs it hooks into, but I feel like it's the wrong solution to a more general problem. If I'm understanding what's happening, a user has to hand over far too much access just to transfer files. In order for me to select one file from service A and have it transmitted to service B, I have to give service C access to all my files on service A. Does a…
We actually see it as part of the solution to the permissions problem. By acting as this universal file provider, you no longer have to give access B or D or any other applications you want to use. We allow users to consolidate who they're giving access to.
Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads
#83Why are 4 CS geniuses from MIT using their talents to build pretty file uploading UI? Pretty file upload UI is easy!
Why not? This isn't necessarily all they're doing with their time and (assumed) talent.
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#84I understand that you are trying to do a MVP, but 'does not currently work in Internet Explorer' is stretching the meaning of 'viable' a bit too far.
This tool is supposed to make developers life easier when building a file upload tool? Getting it to work in IE is the most annoying part, but this plugin is not offering any help.
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#85Internal Server Error when submitting my email :(
Looks like a great service. But where do images get uploaded to? I currently run a site called Desktop.ly where users can upload a picture of their desktop. When uploaded Imagemagick is used to convert the image into different versions using the Carrierwave gem (Desktop.ly is built using the brilliant Ruby on Rails!).
How does Filepicker.io work like this, where are images stores, can this be a custom Amazon S3 or Rackspace Cloud Files storage? Can images be resized? Does/will it work with RoR to offer a seamless integration?
Plus, what happens with downtime? Of course this will be a big thing with many web services.
Hope you're able to answer my questions. Also, check out Desktop.ly ;)
Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads
#86Internal Server Error when submitting my email :( Looks like a great service. But where do images get uploaded to? I currently run a site called Desktop.ly where users can upload a picture of their desktop. When uploaded Imagemagick is used to convert the image into different versions using the Carrierwave gem (Desktop.ly is built using the brilliant Ruby on Rails!). How does Filepicker.io work like this, where are i…
Sorry about the error. We hit our outgoing email quota due to the unexpected response from all of you guys. We're working on getting that fixed.
User file uploads currently get uploaded to S3 for a short amount of time until your application can retrieve it. We don't do any processing of the files.
We plan to release SDKs in the future for easy integration, including one for RoR. We also plan to have this up all the time since heroku is pretty reliable. For those rare cases when this fails, we could revert back to a normal file picker on your page.
Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads
#87Internal Server Error when submitting my email :( Looks like a great service. But where do images get uploaded to? I currently run a site called Desktop.ly where users can upload a picture of their desktop. When uploaded Imagemagick is used to convert the image into different versions using the Carrierwave gem (Desktop.ly is built using the brilliant Ruby on Rails!). How does Filepicker.io work like this, where are i…
We fixed it now. Try getting an api key again :)
Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads
#88I'm your target audience. I've built this exact function into client apps (upload from various sources and edit with Aviary). Its a PITA. I'd consider yours, but there's a couple big problems right now: 1) Doesn't support IE. 2) Doesn't work on mobile There's other issues, but those are the show-stoppers. FWIW, Chute ( http://getchute.com ) has a better implementation of this concept. That said, I still haven't seen…
Hi George, Thanks for mentioning us. We definitely offer a very similar set of features with Slidechute. I think the value add comes in many different ways, but we're just at the beginning of that process so it's not always all evident. As for the black box, there's not a lot of Voodoo with us. Since launching we allow you to store media in your own S3 bucket and also to customize your app credentials so the authenti…
how do you find this post? do you have google alerts set up? just curious
Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads
#89Internal Server Error when submitting my email :( Looks like a great service. But where do images get uploaded to? I currently run a site called Desktop.ly where users can upload a picture of their desktop. When uploaded Imagemagick is used to convert the image into different versions using the Carrierwave gem (Desktop.ly is built using the brilliant Ruby on Rails!). How does Filepicker.io work like this, where are i…
Also just took a break to look at desktop.ly Very interesting concept, though my desktop is a bit of a mess and probably shouldn't be shared :D
Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads
#90 filepicker.getFile(mimetype, callback(url){alert(url);});
Also, is this javascript? I think 'callback' should be 'function'.