[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13054: Use HTML 5 uploading capabilities (instead of Flash)

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#13054: Use HTML 5 uploading capabilities (instead of Flash)
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 Reporter:  Otto42           |       Owner:                
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Media            |     Version:                
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:                
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Description changed by scribu:

Old description:

> Firefox 3.6 and Webkit and a few others now support improved file
> handling capabilities for uploads. This can enable simple javascript
> pages to do things like drag and drop file uploading, progress meter
> uploading, etc.
>
> Suggest detecting these browser cases and supporting them with a nicer
> interface instead of using Flash, which doesn't work in many setups
> (notably, it doesn't go through firewalls).
>
> Examples and documentation:
> http://www.appelsiini.net/demo/html5_upload/demo.html
> http://www.appelsiini.net/2009/10/html5-drag-and-drop-multiple-file-
> upload
> http://www.thecssninja.com/javascript/drag-and-drop-upload

New description:

 Firefox 3.6 and Webkit and a few others now support improved file handling
 capabilities for uploads. This can enable simple javascript pages to do
 things like drag and drop file uploading, progress meter uploading, etc.

 Suggest detecting these browser cases and supporting them with a nicer
 interface instead of using Flash, which doesn't work in many setups
 (notably, it doesn't go through firewalls).

 Examples and documentation:
  * http://www.appelsiini.net/demo/html5_upload/demo.html
  * http://www.appelsiini.net/2009/10/html5-drag-and-drop-multiple-file-
 upload
  * http://www.thecssninja.com/javascript/drag-and-drop-upload

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