mseiden··on An Asynchronous Image Uploading Interface for SvbtleOh totally! The implementation I wrote recently is part of an app that still needs to support a non-negligible number or IE users, hence the "bias".
mseiden··on An Asynchronous Image Uploading Interface for SvbtleThat's all fine and dandy until you start caring about IE support. Even in IE9 the support isn't there. So while the "mask a file input && target a hidden iframe" is pretty archaic, it is (surprisingly) robust, and not too hard to implement.[Note] compatibility data from: (http://caniuse.com/fileapi)