April 2010
4 posts
Multiple file upload, the HTML5 way
This is rocking my world:
<input type="file" name="upload[]" multiple="true">
It does exactly what you think it does, allowing a single file input to upload multiple files in one request, without js or flash.
Available today in Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. Thank you!
Chrome isn't a secure browser yet
In Chrome Phishing, Robert Hanson blows the lid off the “Google knows what it’s doing so Chrome is secure” idea. He argues that Chrome has a long way to go before it’s a mature browser, free of easily-exploitable holes.
Remember the old username-looks-like-web-site-in-the-url trick? http://gmail.google.com@evil.net/ is an example.
Try it in Chrome. Now try it in Firefox....
iPad Filesharing (iWork export)
The iWork suite allows you to export your documents to something called “filesharing” but where do the files actually end up?
It took a while (for me) to figure it out, helped by http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4094:
When you sync up via iTunes, scroll to the bottom of the Apps tab to see the list of files in File Sharing, where you can save them off to other places.