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Drag out files like Gmail

47 points by ahrjay 16y ago

keltex 16y ago
Does it seem sort of Microsoftish that Google uses an undocumented API to their own benefit without letting the rest of the community know?
- daeken 16y ago
  In all likelihood, they wanted to be able to change the API as they see fit, and didn't want to have other people depending on an API that was changing rapidly. Can't fault them for that.
  - sprout 16y ago
    That's how Microsoft ended up with a bevy of undocumented API calls that still live today, with their internal software being among the largest offenders of using dated and problematic APIs.
- deleted 16y ago
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- kragen 16y ago
  There's a bit of difference: there's an open-source version of Chrome which presumably has a fully-commented source code implementation of this feature, together with a public bug tracker, etc.
  - deleted 16y ago
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  - woodall 16y ago
    The files are here: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/ http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/downloa... drag_download_file.cc: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/drag_download_file.cc http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/downloa... drag_download_file.h: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/drag_download_file.h http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/downloa... drag_download_util.cc: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/drag_download_util.cc http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/downloa... drag_download_util.h: ttp://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/drag_download_util.h
- ahrjay 16y ago
  The whole Drag and Drop API started life as a Microsoft only API. It's certainly not a bad thing that the Chromium team went ahead and did this, it's how innovation happens. Someone needs to take the first step. The File API was the same, Mozilla went ahead and added it to Firefox and now it's in Chrome and soon other browsers will follow.

47 points by ahrjay 16y ago

Does it seem sort of Microsoftish that Google uses an undocumented API to their own benefit without letting the rest of the community know?

daeken 16y ago
In all likelihood, they wanted to be able to change the API as they see fit, and didn't want to have other people depending on an API that was changing rapidly. Can't fault them for that.
- sprout 16y ago
  That's how Microsoft ended up with a bevy of undocumented API calls that still live today, with their internal software being among the largest offenders of using dated and problematic APIs.
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kragen 16y ago
There's a bit of difference: there's an open-source version of Chrome which presumably has a fully-commented source code implementation of this feature, together with a public bug tracker, etc.
- deleted 16y ago
  [deleted]
- woodall 16y ago
  The files are here: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/ http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/downloa... drag_download_file.cc: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/drag_download_file.cc http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/downloa... drag_download_file.h: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/drag_download_file.h http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/downloa... drag_download_util.cc: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/drag_download_util.cc http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/downloa... drag_download_util.h: ttp://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/browser/download/drag_download_util.h
ahrjay 16y ago
The whole Drag and Drop API started life as a Microsoft only API. It's certainly not a bad thing that the Chromium team went ahead and did this, it's how innovation happens. Someone needs to take the first step. The File API was the same, Mozilla went ahead and added it to Firefox and now it's in Chrome and soon other browsers will follow.