fileapi

How do I generate a thumbnail using FileAPI (Firefox 3.6+)

I'm looking for an elegant way to generate a thumbnail for use with the FileAPI. Currently I get a DataURL representing an image. Problem is, if the image is very large, than moving it around and rerendering it becomes CPU intensive. I can see 2 options to get around this. Generate a thumbnail on the client Generate a thumbnail on the ...

Does IE9 Developer preview (Build 4, v1.9.7.9.16.6000) support the File API?

Does the latest IE9 Developer preview (Build 4, v1.9.7.9.16.6000) support the file API? The file API I am referring to is: http://www.w3.org/TR/file-upload/ Caniuse.com says the support is uknown and Wikipedia says it is not supported but doesn't specify what version of Trident it is referring to. Unfortunately I don't have a windows m...

HTML5 FileApi + FileReader - Feed <object> with SWF

Hello, I want to use the HTML5 FileApi to read a SWF to an OBJECT (or embed, if it's better to do?). My current code crashes on Chrome/Iron (the only stable browser which also supports the xmlhttprequest v2 FormData). I got it to read image data into a on-the-fly created IMG. But the object one crashes the current tab in the browser. ...