I hope to begin to address this problem with the new UploadWizard, at least the frontend issues. This isn't really part of our mandate, but I am hoping to add in chunked uploads for bleeding-edge browsers like Firefox 3.6+ and 4.0. Then you can upload files of whatever size you want.
I've written it to support what I'm calling multiple "transport" mechanisms; some using simple HTTP uploads, and some more exotic methods like Mozilla's FileAPI. At this point, we're not considering adding any new technologies like Java or Flash to the mix, although these are the standard ways that people do usable uploads on the web. Flash isn't considered open enough, and Java seemed like a radical break. I could see a role for "helper" applets or SWFs, but it's not on the agenda at this time. Right now we're trying to deliver something that fits the bill, using standard MediaWiki technologies (HTML, JS, and PHP). I'll post again to the list if I get a FileAPI upload working. Or, if someone is really interested, I'll help them get started. On 7/20/10 11:28 AM, Platonides wrote: > Roan Kattouw wrote: >> 2010/7/20 Max Semenik<maxsem.w...@gmail.com>: >>> On 20.07.2010, 19:12 Lars wrote: >>>> Requiring special client software is a problem. Is that really >>>> the only possible solution? >>> >>> There's also Flash that can do it, however it's being ignored due >>> to its proprietary nature. >>> >> Java applet? >> >> Roan Kattouw (Catrope) > > Or a modern browser using FileReader. > > http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/06/html5-adoption-stories-box-net-and-html5-drag-and-drop/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Neil Kandalgaonkar |) <ne...@wikimedia.org> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
