jUploadr users on Mac, rejoice. It looks like the bug that prevented it from accepting drag and drop requests has been fixed, and will be out shortly.
I didn’t fix it myself, but you can see what happened on this thread. Thanks to everyone that figured out what was wrong, and especially to Veronica Irvine for [...]
new jUploadr version
My random encounter with my geek hero
I just got an email from the people at Flickr. As a ‘gift’ to their early subscribers, they’re giving away the following:
A free additional year of Flickr use. My expiration date is now in 2007
They’re doubling monthly quotas to 2.0 Gb
They’re also giving their users two free pro accounts to give out to their [...]
it’s starting to look like a real app
Due to the glacial pace of web standards, it’s not often that you get to add a new trick to your repertoire. However, thanks primarily to Google, it appears that the old request-response model of web applications can finally fade into the past. It’s not that they have invented a new technology, just [...]
Apparently, the rumor is that Apple wants to buy TiVo. I really hope this happens, since TiVo hasn’t been doing well of late.
TiVo has always been a very user-focused device, as a comparison with my father’s DVR revealed. A while ago, I asked him if he saw the recent Daily Show, and he [...]
I released jUploadr 0.4 tonight after testing it out for a couple days. I’ve continued to further refine the interface as well as adding some requested features. The most important feature for this release is the ability to set attributes on multiple files, which should save a bunch of time for those people who upload [...]
I released jUploadr 0.3.5,
The highlights include :
Compiles and runs under java 1.5
Improved error handling
Image decorations
Authentication caching
I also made different versions for different architectures, so if you’re on windows, or have a 64 bit AMD, you can download a version tailored to your system.
Go get it
I got some help from John Hume who was so kind as to add threading to the uploader. He also reports it works on windows, though I don’t have the dlls yet.
I added a progress bar, pre-emptive authorization and a couple performance tweaks.
I think this is probably the first truly usable version jUploadr. Before [...]