Update: Unfortunately, Google decided to change the upload mechanism to a Adobe Flash-based uploader that makes this little tip useless in gmail.
One benefit for Safari over Firefox in Mac OS X is the possibility to drag and drop files into the “choose file” box (input-tag type=”file”).
[...] adds: This was originally published in this post on the author’s blog, where a screenshot provides some additional clarification, if you need [...]
I do not get this “choose file” button in Safari3 in Leopard…in either Gmail2 or Gmail1…? Any suggestion?
Have to click the link first, to get the “Choose File” button. Never mind.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2190 add this dragdropupload for firefox…
[...] this is changing! Since version 3, Safari on Mac OS X has had support for dragging and dropping files from the finder into file input boxes. In various kludgy ways, Firefox and IE are now following [...]