On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Brion Vibber <brion(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
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For a long time we've had to suffer with an image upload form which was
pretty bare-bones, while attempting to shoehorn more smarts into it
through templates and JavaScript hacks.
Well, I think it's about time we prioritize really doing this thing
right. Commons, and MediaWiki generally, needs an upload form which:
a) Works sensibly
b) Looks good
c) Allows you to upload the file, extract metadata, compare duplicates,
make sure it's sensibly named, and *then* commit it into the system.
d) Handles batch uploads with a minimum of fuss (or at least, as
minimally fussy as one can get with HTML file upload forms :)
There you go :
http://toolserver.org/~magnus/upstart/
Just a quick mockup hack but basically a) and d) covered, and has
obvious room for c)
I'm not good with the b, though...
Magnus