Brianna Laugher schrieb:
2008/11/22 Daniel Kinzler daniel@brightbyte.de:
Anyway, HTTP doesn't support feedback during upload (or any feedback, really), and HTML does not offer a way for multi-file uploads (which would also be quite handy). Any solutions I have so far seen for that are based either on a Java Applet or on Falsh. Both are rather cluncky and and ugly solutions. HTTP and HTML being what they are, I'm afraid we won't see a decent free, reliably and widely compatible solution for this any time soon.
Isn't it OK if we have a Java/Flash option for those who can use it, and current Special:Upload for those who can't?
I think it's difficult to say that Java/Flash options are "clunky and ugly", considering all photo and video sharing sites offer this option. As someone on a slo.o.o.o.ow uploading speed feedback is a godsend.
And they frequently break. Imageshak's for example kills my firefox every time. I don't know why, but i'm sure i'm not the only one. If we provide something like this, it should be opt-in (a gadget?) unless ist's *very* smooth and reliable. Maybe that is possible, but I have not seen it yet even once.
-- daniel