Hi everyone
I was wondering if some people could comment on the new Flickr uploader at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/upload/
I find a couple of things very intriguing, particuarly some things that i
thought were impossible to do with javascript/client-side stuff
1) clicking "Choose photos" opens up a browser 'file' dialog with "Files of
type:" pre-selected with jpg and bmp extensions. in addition, you can
select *multiple files* for upload with ctrl-click. i thought both of
these were impossible in terms of having users upload files via forms.
2) the file-sizes are displayed before upload. how does the browser know
the size of a file on the client machine? i didn't think it was possible
either...
I love the way Flickr pushes scripting, those two things have me stumped
because from what I can see, it's just regular javascript/xhtml stuff and
no plugins/flash/active-x going on at all.