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Yahoo! Developer Network Blog

November 9, 2008

What's up with BrowserPlus?

Last Friday we quietly pushed an update to the BrowserPlus™ platform. This update includes better browser support and a couple new features. More important, it makes it possible for anyone to use BrowserPlus on their own website to implement better in-browser uploading and desktop notifications.

What's better about the upload? To start, it's easier for end users to select the files they want to upload. You can drag and drop files or folders directly into your web browser. An enhanced "File Browse" implementation supports file multi-select as well as folder select. For sites focused on the upload of photos, we've built a component that lets you manipulate images on the client before uploading them. Once the content is selected and the image is ready to upload, our service includes a progress bar that shows accurate upload progress. The PhotoDrop demo shows how all of these features come together for a smooth and intuitive photo-editing and in-browser upload experience.

Desktop notifications are interesting because they give websites an unobtrusive hook to inform users about important events or content changes. Wouldn't it be useful if your favorite in-browser mail client could show "you've got mail", even with the web app minimized or buried by other windows on your desktop?

Some more new features now available: simple client-side storage and playful support for motion sensors (or "accelerometers") on specific laptops. Hop over to our brand new developer page for more on the release, and all the tools you need to get started. Also, don't hesitate to come get quick answers to questions or share code and concepts in our forums.

Lloyd Hilaiel
BrowserPlus team

Posted at November 9, 2008 7:24 PM | Permalink

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Comments

Good post!

Posted by: webhosting at November 10, 2008 10:12 PM

Is it possibly to write my own BrowserPlus component for my own website?

Posted by: Martin Hassman at November 11, 2008 12:56 AM

Hi Martin,

You may use all of the services we've made available on your own website, the full list is here:
http://browserplus.yahoo.com/developer/services/

You may also join our forums to contribute ideas for new services that you'd like to see:
http://developer.yahoo.net/forum/index.php?showforum=82

That said, it's not possible today to publish your own BrowserPlus services. It is possible to get an idea of how the system works by checking out some of the (slightly outdated) community hacking that's happened:
http://hackety.org/2008/06/09/dismantlingBrowserPlus.html

Also, you can poke around on your disk and see how services are put together, we've no interest in obfuscating nor keeping the functioning of the system secret.

In the very near future we should have a much more satisfying answer for you!

very best,
lloyd

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