Re: [OSCOM] File Uploader was Re: drag-n-drop solutions for ajax

On Thu, 5 May 2005, Paul Everitt wrote:

> On May 5, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Oliver Crow wrote:

>>> I wrote a Firefox extension once to do this.  You could drag and drop from 
>>> the OS (I tried on Mac and Windows) and it would be sent with an async 
>>> HTTP PUT to the server.
>> 
>> Yes, that's just the sort of thing I'm looking for.
>
> Do you want it in a page or in a toolbar?

Ah, I don't think I can acutally use the Firefox extension though, because 
I need to support IE (so widely deployed by IT depts.).

I guess the interface could be part of a page.  Perhaps a target icon or 
area to receive drop files.  Then a button "Select Files ..." which would 
allow you to navigate to a local folder and choose a subset of the files 
and/or folders therein.

Or it could be a completely separate helper app that launches when you 
click a link.  That might be easier to build in a cross-platform way.

>> Indeed.  Does that still leave Safari users out, though?
>
> It isn't inconceivable that this could work.  Someone would have to 
> install a plugin.

You mean have the drag-and-drop implemented as a browser plugin, with a 
Mac version compiled?

Oliver