i think the facebook integration is less than optimal. If my site uses facebook login, and a user is asked for facebook again on initial use with filepicker the experience would be confusing.
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#52So let me see if I have this straight: you differ from other file uploaders out there (e.g., https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/) in that you allow "upload from anywhere", plus a quite nice interface? Not to belittle it, those are solid additions to the space.
edit: Btw, if you're looking for IE support on the from-computer upload, look into using iframes for transport.
Re: Show HN: Filepicker.io - dead simple file uploads
#53So let me see if I have this straight: you differ from other file uploaders out there (e.g., https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/ ) in that you allow "upload from anywhere", plus a quite nice interface? Not to belittle it, those are solid additions to the space. edit: Btw, if you're looking for IE support on the from-computer upload, look into using iframes for transport.
Right. Our goal is not only to be a great uploading experience, but also to tie in all the cloud services, like Dropbox, Facebook, GMail, etc.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I presume your limitations are due to the drag drop file handling on the upload from computer? I did something recently like this and ended up with an ugly "Select file" button when people are in IE. I really hope IE are pulling their fingers out with IE10, it appears they are. We are getting a load of adverts in the UK now on Microsoft products, like Bing etc. It seems to me they are taking it seriously again.
It doesn't support D&D on OS X / Safari
I was actually really surprised when I discovered this when developing the bulk upload facility I did. It wasn't great when 9/10 computers in our office are Macs. Didn't make it worthwhile showing it off to people in our place!
I'm sure they will all support it soon enough and my days coding it will be worthwhile.
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#55i think the facebook integration is less than optimal. If my site uses facebook login, and a user is asked for facebook again on initial use with filepicker the experience would be confusing.
That's a great thought. Custom stylesheets is on the feature map, but we should also be looking into someway of reducing the facebook double login as well. Thanks for this feature idea.
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#56Why are 4 CS geniuses from MIT using their talents to build pretty file uploading UI? Pretty file upload UI is easy!
They've got this MBA dude who's calling himself a hustler so they'll be alright :D
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#57Looks great, good job Thomas & team
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#58I'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
FWIW, Chute (http://getchute.com) has a better implementation of this concept. That said, I still haven't seen enough of a value add here (with Filepicker or with Chute) to depend on yet another black box service that may shut down tomorrow.
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#60@brettcvz, you guys need to validate your email input for empty strings when signing up for a dev key. On the project note, looks very promising, keep up the good work.