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Hidden gem? It's more probable it's not disclosed because they are ashamed of public humiliation.
Yup, input type=file only took them 5 or 6 years to finally implement while Android has had it since 2.0 But since ipad1 can never have ios6, you'll have to do alternative methods for any website service you operate for years to come.
Apple was probably concerned with the security implications of providing Safari with access to the local file system.
They still don't give websites access to camera feed (read or frontal), among other things, so you can't use a website to make a video conference.
Wait, so you still can't upload something a random app produced?
That's where Android Intent system shines ;) My bet that Apple will provide something similar in the future. It's just too good. All that sharing stuff in Android, i really miss it on my iPad, it's imo the biggest feature difference between those two OS today.
Maybe iOS 7.0?
Does anyone know why it took so long to implement such a basic feature?
Hidden gem? It's more probable it's not disclosed because they are ashamed of public humiliation.
The were so ashamed that they decided to announce it among other new features in iOS 6 at WWDC this year. No-one pays attention to those silly conferences, especially Apple's.
It is inexcusable that it wasn't previously possible to upload photos to sites (one of what is now the most common use cases for the internet) without involving a native app. The iOS ecosystem struggles to find a middle ground between native and a competitive/competent browser. This feature was no doubt strongly argued by Apple's PMs for many years, but finally they won out over some other dept's PM team.
We should at least be thankful that it wasn't introduced as a Safari-only feature.
The idea that there isn't a file system is nothing more than a suspension of disbelief, of course there's a file-system, it's just that there are folder handlers that know how to render the contents, it's actually an idea that can be traced back (possibly further to other sources also) to Microsoft's active directory notion. It morphed over the years and never became what was originally planned but iOS is very similar in how it 'hides' the underlying architecture. Camera Roll is ~/Photos + Pinterst-like dynamic grid a la Masonry.