Articles by Paul Rouget
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interactive file uploads with Drag and Drop, FileAPI and XMLHttpRequest
In previous posts, we showed how to access a file through the input tag or through the Drag and Drop mechanism. In both cases, you can use XMLHttpRequest to upload the files and follow the upload progress. Demo If you’re running the latest beta of Firefox 3.6, check out our file upload demo. Uploading XMLHttpRequest […]
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file drag and drop in Firefox 3.6
In a previous post, we showed you how to upload several files using the input element. In Firefox 3.6, you can let your users drag and drop files directly into your web page, without going through the file picker. Demo If you’re running the latest Firefox 3.6 beta, check out our interactive demo of drag […]
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multiple file input in Firefox 3.6
Firefox 3.6 supports multiple file input. This new capability allows you to get several files as input at once, using standard technologies. This is a big improvement, since you used to be constrained to one file at a time, or needed to use a third party (proprietary) application. This will be particularly useful, for example, […]