http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/09/14/an_upload_manager_for_the_user/ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/09/14/an_upload_manager_for_the_user/#comment-72 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:22:34 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/09/14/an_upload_manager_for_the_user/#comment-72 you’re re-inventing a wheel that simply needs new tires.
1. ftp exists just for this purpose
2. a site could allow FTP uploading to be 100% seamless, a one-click process
3. if they did #2, then this part could be handled by the browser REALLY easily.
we don’t need MORE technology and code, we just need people to start using what already exists a bit better.

]]> http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/09/14/an_upload_manager_for_the_user/#comment-71 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:51:45 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/09/14/an_upload_manager_for_the_user/#comment-71 A corallary: At the operating system level, all files should have a piece of metadata – the URL from which they were downloaded. How many things did you not download?

]]> http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/09/14/an_upload_manager_for_the_user/#comment-70 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:36:13 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/09/14/an_upload_manager_for_the_user/#comment-70 What if sites allowed you to FTP things into a directory?

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