Comments on: End of an era? http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/ a photo uploader for Linux, Mac and Windows Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:20:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: scohen http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1828 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:57:02 +0000 http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1828 Stefan, I think you're a little confused. First off, jUploadr isn't an applet, it's a full fledged Java application. Secondly, when Java is released, it's made available on all platforms at once, so Linux users always have the latest available for them. I'm not sure why Debian only has 1.5 available for it, but I'm fairly certain that a Debian user could easily download and run 1.6 if they choose to. With Java's impending license change, it will only be easier for Linux distributions to use the latest Java. Furthermore, there were several incompatibilities introduced in 1.5 that makes the actual programs compiled under it unable to run in earlier JVMs. The latest Java (1.6) does not have any incompatibilities with 1.5, so even if I used 1.6 and you used 1.5, you could still run jUploadr. Lastly, Linux users never need to fear not being able to run jUploadr. Linux is my primary operating system, and the Mac is my secondary. I do not, nor can I imagine owning a Windows machine. Stefan,
I think you’re a little confused. First off, jUploadr isn’t an applet, it’s a full fledged Java application. Secondly, when Java is released, it’s made available on all platforms at once, so Linux users always have the latest available for them.
I’m not sure why Debian only has 1.5 available for it, but I’m fairly certain that a Debian user could easily download and run 1.6 if they choose to. With Java’s impending license change, it will only be easier for Linux distributions to use the latest Java.

Furthermore, there were several incompatibilities introduced in 1.5 that makes the actual programs compiled under it unable to run in earlier JVMs. The latest Java (1.6) does not have any incompatibilities with 1.5, so even if I used 1.6 and you used 1.5, you could still run jUploadr.

Lastly, Linux users never need to fear not being able to run jUploadr. Linux is my primary operating system, and the Mac is my secondary. I do not, nor can I imagine owning a Windows machine.

]]> by: Stefan http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1826 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:35:20 +0000 http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1826 >You should always be using the *latest* Java available. Isn’t that 1.6 now? No, not on Unix. The last one for debian was 1.5. The big point by using an javaapplet was that it was cross-system. If you really try to using things which are implemented just in the latest version of java maybee only windows-users could use this tool- but then there is no need again to build it as a javaaplet... >You should always be using the *latest* Java available. Isn’t that 1.6 now?

No, not on Unix. The last one for debian was 1.5.
The big point by using an javaapplet was that it was cross-system. If you really try to using things which are implemented just in the latest version of java maybee only windows-users could use this tool- but then there is no need again to build it as a javaaplet…

]]> by: Nath http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1771 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:42:55 +0000 http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1771 I agree, go with Java 1.5. I agree, go with Java 1.5.

]]> by: Rui Pacheco http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1698 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:43:21 +0000 http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1698 Go with 1.5. Everyone should have it by now and in terms of development it should be much better. Go with 1.5. Everyone should have it by now and in terms of development it should be much better.

]]> by: Someone Special http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1696 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:29:41 +0000 http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1696 You should always be using the *latest* Java available. Isn't that 1.6 now? Don't wait--use it! Upgrading Java is trivial. No reason for people not to keep their software up to date. Your focus should be on maximum functionality not on maximum accessibility (for people who don't know how to upgrade). Thanks for your hard work! You should always be using the *latest* Java available. Isn’t that 1.6 now? Don’t wait–use it! Upgrading Java is trivial. No reason for people not to keep their software up to date. Your focus should be on maximum functionality not on maximum accessibility (for people who don’t know how to upgrade). Thanks for your hard work!

]]> by: scohen http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1686 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:13:38 +0000 http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1686 Eugene, To my knowledge, there is no public API to upload photos, modify data or anything. As such, barring reverse-engineering their protocol, there's no way for me to offer picasa upload. Eugene,
To my knowledge, there is no public API to upload photos, modify data or anything. As such, barring reverse-engineering their protocol, there’s no way for me to offer picasa upload.

]]> by: Kevin http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1675 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:13:51 +0000 http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1675 Absolutely, make the jump to 1.5. JDK 1.5 offers a TON of features that I wouldn't want to live without - in my opinion, there is just no reason to keep working in 1.4. It is so easy to upgrade the JRE to 1.5 or 1.6 and no real reason not to. I would still love to see you implement a more thorough tag editor that we discussed a long time ago (a year or so?). So I could pick a picture that had overlapping but different tag sets and still be able to add, remove, etc. tags. This is really the only major feature jUploadr is missing, in my opinion. Absolutely, make the jump to 1.5. JDK 1.5 offers a TON of features that I wouldn’t want to live without - in my opinion, there is just no reason to keep working in 1.4. It is so easy to upgrade the JRE to 1.5 or 1.6 and no real reason not to.

I would still love to see you implement a more thorough tag editor that we discussed a long time ago (a year or so?). So I could pick a picture that had overlapping but different tag sets and still be able to add, remove, etc. tags. This is really the only major feature jUploadr is missing, in my opinion.

]]> by: Eugene http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1674 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:40:14 +0000 http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1674 Hi Sorry if this question was asked before but are you going to implement uploading to google picasa? Hi
Sorry if this question was asked before but are you going to implement uploading to google picasa?

]]> by: herrmueller http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1673 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:03:42 +0000 http://juploadr.org/2007/01/25/end-of-an-era/#comment-1673 Sounds like a good decision from a developer's point of view (with 1.5 being what it is: a huge step forward). It's also been around for quite some time now -- people should have it by now... Keep us posted if you run into serious resistance, though ;-) Sounds like a good decision from a developer’s point of view (with 1.5 being what it is: a huge step forward).

It’s also been around for quite some time now — people should have it by now…

Keep us posted if you run into serious resistance, though ;-)

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