Is it possible in IE8 without using third party plugin like Java?
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A:
Short answer : no
Long answer : how to determine the presence of HTML5 drag’n’drop file upload API
Olivier PAYEN
2010-04-16 12:19:51
+1 for the great HTML 5 link, the file uploading API is not supported at all in IE8 though AFAIK. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/289225/does-internet-explorer-8-support-html-5 Maybe in IE9 (sigh)
Pekka
2010-04-16 12:24:03
I know it is third party...but you can use Google Gears.
David Murdoch
2010-04-16 12:41:09
+1
A:
That's a standard HTML5 feature, only supported by Chrome 4+ and Firefox 3.6+ so far. But as for IE8, expect it to be included (and working properly) by the next millenium.
msakr
2010-04-16 12:28:50
A:
Here is an article that talks about how Gmail is doing it:
http://ajaxian.com/archives/drag-and-drop-file-uploads-in-gmail-using-just-the-specs
Diodeus
2010-04-16 14:38:58