AJAX Uploading with HTML5′s File API
Prior to HTML5 and its File API, getting media from a user was a somewhat sordid affair. You generally either had a static page with an <input> element of a <form> posting to a processing file or utilized some third party script that relied on a Flash bridge or <iframe> shenanigans to asynchronously get the file where it needed to go. This leads to things like this demo and how you can drag ‘n drop (‘n upload) files with Gmail. Seeing as how I was tired of doing the aforementioned…read more