[Commons-l] On upload forms

[Bryan Tong Minh]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> * Designing user interface mockups
> * Helping code it up in MediaWiki
Here to help :) I am of course a programmer, so other people better do
the interface design ;)

> * Testing the new form under development
> * Providing constructive criticism as we work
>
>
> This effort will probably take from a few weeks to a few months to get
> to the point where it's really live; we may even try experiments like
> having the old and new forms available side-by-side on the live site so
> people really have a chance to bang at it in real usage without forcing
> an in-flux test system on everyone.
>

While we are at it, it might be nice to do some things that are
currently not possible with the PHP/HTML/JS combination:
* Upload many files at once
* Show status indication
* Do a client site duplication check via SHA1.
We might want an optional java applet for that.

Also while we're at it, increasing the upload limit would be greatly
appreciated.

Bryan