Whenever I have to drop images on a webpage see something happen, I close the tab.
I don't have a bunch of images lying around that have the right size and that I'd feel comfortable sharing.
I don't have a bunch of images lying around that have the right size and that I'd feel comfortable sharing.
Here's what someone else just made with it http://twitpic.com/8kyup2
Thanks for the example. It would be great if the page itself linked to some demonstrations.
The points raised in higher-up comments are still relevant... It's impossible to know for sure exactly what will happen with my images that I Drag n Drop.
Of course, for a 24 hour effort, it's great. But this is the 80/20 rule at play. The first 80% was the "easy" bit. Now you have to create some demoes, tutorials, earn user trust, etc.
I don't have a lot of need for animated GIFs personally, but this seems like a neat little tool.
Impressive that you did this in 24 hours, good job!
I don't mind having that as the default, but at least give people an option to select files the old-fashioned way, and make it easy to find within ~5 or ~10 seconds of looking at the page...
Imgur does this well, if you ask me - support for drag & drop, menu, and copy/pasting URL.
Edit: It would be useful to make an addon that adds a contextual menu item for "Drop file here", which raises a file selection dialog and delivers the result to the drop zone. Essentially it would be the inverse of this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ez-drag-n-dro... I don't currently have the time to write it.
But in general, that's still awkward, and enough of a (mental) hassle that I probably won't bother if it's just someone who wants me to check their site out. So my advice to any web designers would be to make sure your site is functional even without the flashy add-ons, the same way you would make sure your site is functional on all browsers/operating systems.
There's no expiry date on a productive workflow.
Why not ratpoison?
my bad. it's still very alive.