THis might be something to use to make this easier

http://plugins.jquery.com/project/fileuploadarea

as well as
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jquery-html5-upload

for the multiple upload

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deciphered
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Location Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
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Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Hi GrimSage,

While appreciate the thought, the current javascript I wrote not only uses the HTML5 method, but also two other methods, one for WebKit based browsers and one for Google Gears, and the javascript is specifically tailored to post the data to Drupal, whereas the plugin is more generic. DnDU is also capable to do Multiple uploads, but unfortunately a FileField or Upload field is not able to handle multiple files. I am still considering options for multiple uploads so keep your eyes peeled.

Cheers,
Deciphered.

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rjerome commented

You've probably already seen this one also, but here it is anyway...

http://www.plupload.com/index.php

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deciphered
Primary language English
Location Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
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Yes I had seen it, and while it does support Yahoo BrowserPlus, it would still not work for Drupal. The data being passed has to be tweaked specifically to be acceptable by the Drupal Field API, while I could have the data passed to custom code, you'd lose all the benefits of the work done in the FileField module or Upload module, such as security and validation.

There will be BrowserPlus support, the core work is already in the code, I just need the time to finish.

You will find that the core problems that I have encountered will also exist with all 3rd-party scripts.