Ask HN: Is HTML File Upload still needed for uploading files to server?

1 points by manishsharan 11y ago ↗ HN

I am working on an application for those in the media business; my users need to send files to my server for processing. I am wondering if I should support form file upload from local drive vs letting users use Google Picker/ Dropbox picker to select files which my application can pull later.

I am asking this there is a wide spread adoption of Dropbox, Google Drive etc. and the fact that apple devices do not support file upload.

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YoAdrian 11y ago ↗

Apple devices have been able to upload files via HTML since iOS 6.

http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/09/new-html-tricks-for-web-dev...

If you want to incorporate Google Drive or Dropbox, go ahead, but know that many corporate environments block those services, which is why basic HTML file uploads are still the standard.

manishsharan 11y ago ↗

Thanks ! I did not know about iOS6's file upload capability.