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Did I just read this right "iOS 6 brings even better web browsing to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch." .... "And when you’re posting a photo or video to eBay,

by RowanH 14y ago

Did I just read this right "iOS 6 brings even better web browsing to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch." .... "And when you’re posting a photo or video to eBay, Craigslist, or another site, you can take photos and video — or choose from your Camera Roll — without leaving Safari." mobile web just took a huge step forward if so.....

ceejayoz 14y ago
Yep, it looks like Safari's getting upload support. Finally!
kingofspain 14y ago
Ooh, if this means that even a file upload limited to photos is available then that makes my life a million times easier.
MatthewPhillips 14y ago
This has been in HTML for almost 2 years now. Rather than being a step forward foe the mobile web, it shows how behind the mobile web is, as the two most dominant players in mobile only update their browsers once a year. I'm guessing iOS6 doesn't add support for IndexedDB either. So we're stuck using the deprecated WebSQL until mid 2013 or later.
- acdha 14y ago
  > it shows how behind the mobile web is, as the two most dominant players in mobile only update their browsers once a year. As opposed to the desktop world where IE 8 is still your best-case minimum browser?
  - 0x006A 14y ago
    As opposed to the desktop where you can install any browser you want.
    - acdha 14y ago
      … which changes little because actual web developers have to support the worst-case browser for all of the millions of people who don't install a modern browser. For most of us who aren't running something like a Mac or browser nerd website, that means the latest version of IE available to Windows XP users.
- kylebrown 14y ago
  Didn't realize until just now what a pain it is to post photos on craigslist, etc: take photo with camera/phone, sync with laptop, use laptop to post photo. That's probably the reason Instagram had traction. Is this already easy on Android?
  - timjahn 14y ago
    There are Craigslist apps out there that work great. I used Craigslist Mobile last week (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/craigslist-mobile-photo-preview/id405656544?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/craigslist-mobile-photo-previ...) to post a bunch of stuff without leaving my phone. Was super easy to use and fast.
RKearney 14y ago
I really wouldn't call it a huge step forward for mobile web as much as it's a huge step forward for Apple. For what it's worth, my BlackBerry Curve from 6+ years ago supported form uploads. Apple was just years behind on this.

by RowanH 14y ago

ceejayoz 14y ago

Yep, it looks like Safari's getting upload support. Finally!

kingofspain 14y ago

Ooh, if this means that even a file upload limited to photos is available then that makes my life a million times easier.

MatthewPhillips 14y ago

This has been in HTML for almost 2 years now. Rather than being a step forward foe the mobile web, it shows how behind the mobile web is, as the two most dominant players in mobile only update their browsers once a year. I'm guessing iOS6 doesn't add support for IndexedDB either. So we're stuck using the deprecated WebSQL until mid 2013 or later.

acdha 14y ago
> it shows how behind the mobile web is, as the two most dominant players in mobile only update their browsers once a year. As opposed to the desktop world where IE 8 is still your best-case minimum browser?
- 0x006A 14y ago
  As opposed to the desktop where you can install any browser you want.
  - acdha 14y ago
    … which changes little because actual web developers have to support the worst-case browser for all of the millions of people who don't install a modern browser. For most of us who aren't running something like a Mac or browser nerd website, that means the latest version of IE available to Windows XP users.
kylebrown 14y ago
Didn't realize until just now what a pain it is to post photos on craigslist, etc: take photo with camera/phone, sync with laptop, use laptop to post photo. That's probably the reason Instagram had traction. Is this already easy on Android?
- timjahn 14y ago
  There are Craigslist apps out there that work great. I used Craigslist Mobile last week (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/craigslist-mobile-photo-preview/id405656544?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/craigslist-mobile-photo-previ...) to post a bunch of stuff without leaving my phone. Was super easy to use and fast.

RKearney 14y ago

I really wouldn't call it a huge step forward for mobile web as much as it's a huge step forward for Apple. For what it's worth, my BlackBerry Curve from 6+ years ago supported form uploads. Apple was just years behind on this.