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Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads

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Post by tagx »

jenius wrote: post #72
qeorge wrote: post #58

I'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…

it's worth noting that it can't work on mobile - mobile safari does not support any kind of file uploads. But not working in IE is definitely a fatality

Once we get filepicker.io working on mobile browsers, sites using filepicker.io would allow users files directly from Dropbox, Facebook, etc without the iPhone directly supporting it.

And yes, we are working on IE support.

Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads

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Post by true_religion »

tagx wrote: post #75
true_religion wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmmm, I'd want a client capable of seeking out images stored as a background image or underneath a invisible div that some site owners use to protect their image. But that's probably impossible.

Interesting, what uses were you thinking of?

Well one case would be to have a bookmarklet that lets you upload from any webpage.

As a site owner, not having to write yet another bookmarklet would be great.

Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads

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Post by brettcvz »

qeorge wrote: post #58

I'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…

Done. Just pushed into master. We now support IE8+, Chrome (all), firefox 3+, most safari, recent opera. Also iPad, iPhone, Android

Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads

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Post by tagx »

jenius wrote: post #72
qeorge wrote: post #58

I'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…

it's worth noting that it can't work on mobile - mobile safari does not support any kind of file uploads. But not working in IE is definitely a fatality

We now work on IE8+ as well as mobile safari and android

Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads

#106

Post by adelevie »

brettcvz wrote: post #14
adelevie wrote: post #13

I'm not a js guru, and am having trouble understanding the example code. Could you post a more thorough example?

To save on copy-pasting, check out our demo app, the source for the landing page: http://filepicker.io/static/js/demo-app.js Make sure you put the imports in too. Hope you like it, and let us know if you need a hand

Sorry for the late followup, but thanks for the link. getFile is a callback for when a file is uploaded, not a way to just get one file (I'm coming from an ActiveRecord/Ruby view of things).
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