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I'm very disappointed that you still can't upload files in Mobile Safari. I "get" the whole no filesystem thing, but come on at least show the photo/video picke

I'm very disappointed that you still can't upload files in Mobile Safari. I "get" the whole no filesystem thing, but come on at least show the photo/video picker. Little impossibilities like this make mobile web apps perpetually less useful than native apps, and that sucks.

arethuza 15y ago
You can upload pics from Safari using Picup: http://picupapp.com/ http://picupapp.com/
- vesto 15y ago
  Yes, but remember that this requires the user to download a separate app in order to have the upload functionality in yours. Your web application would have to be pretty damn good to get a user to go through that much effort in order to use it.
  - arethuza 15y ago
    Just pointing out that it isn't impossible just merely extremely inconvenient to load pics through Safari.
    - bergie 15y ago
      We've been using the photo sending by email functionality for this
SoftwareMaven 15y ago
Use a different browser. iCab Mobile supports uploading, downloading, and side-loading to DropBox or iDisk. The only time I use Safari is when I clock a link in Mail or Twitter or some other client; otherwise, I use iCab almost exclusively.
- joelackner 15y ago
  while i use icab 99% of the time, i've hit a few limits. first off, not being able to set it as a default browser is frustrating. secondly, i've found a few rendering differences between it and safari: onswipe (the tablet theme powering wordpress.com blogs) and google font api being the two biggest ones i've ran into recently.
  - SoftwareMaven 15y ago
    Jailbreaking will take care of the first issue (can't wait to jailbreak my iPad...). I agree that there are some issues with it (it crashes frequently enough that I care), but, overall, I've found, overall, it is much better. Features I use daily: * Pinboard current page * ReadItLater current page * Readability * Side-load to DropBox to pick up on my Mac * Youtube inside the browser * Ad filters And so on...

arethuza 15y ago

You can upload pics from Safari using Picup: http://picupapp.com/ http://picupapp.com/

vesto 15y ago
Yes, but remember that this requires the user to download a separate app in order to have the upload functionality in yours. Your web application would have to be pretty damn good to get a user to go through that much effort in order to use it.
- arethuza 15y ago
  Just pointing out that it isn't impossible just merely extremely inconvenient to load pics through Safari.
  - bergie 15y ago
    We've been using the photo sending by email functionality for this

SoftwareMaven 15y ago

Use a different browser. iCab Mobile supports uploading, downloading, and side-loading to DropBox or iDisk. The only time I use Safari is when I clock a link in Mail or Twitter or some other client; otherwise, I use iCab almost exclusively.

joelackner 15y ago
while i use icab 99% of the time, i've hit a few limits. first off, not being able to set it as a default browser is frustrating. secondly, i've found a few rendering differences between it and safari: onswipe (the tablet theme powering wordpress.com blogs) and google font api being the two biggest ones i've ran into recently.
- SoftwareMaven 15y ago
  Jailbreaking will take care of the first issue (can't wait to jailbreak my iPad...). I agree that there are some issues with it (it crashes frequently enough that I care), but, overall, I've found, overall, it is much better. Features I use daily: * Pinboard current page * ReadItLater current page * Readability * Side-load to DropBox to pick up on my Mac * Youtube inside the browser * Ad filters And so on...