Upload window modification

[ivory]

I didn't find a thread where this would suit, so made a new one, to request a status bar in the file upload window. It would only take a minor modification of the javascript:

function openupload(){
var upload="http://www.civfanatics.net/upload.html"
winpops=window.open(upload,"","width=505,height=450,resizable=1,left = 262,top = 134,scrollbars=1,statusbar=1,toolbar=0")
}

In the current situation, when you click the "upload" button, it appears as if nothing is happening, but the status bar would show a slowly growing progress bar (in IE and Netscape, I don't know about other browsers). This visual aid might stop people hitting the upload button repeatedly.
It would certainly give me, with my lousy dail-up connection, some peace of mind. Any malfunction could be spotted sooner and easier. Now, to verify that the window is busy, I need to right-click the page to get the contextmenu, and when the cursor shows a small hourglass, I know it is still working on it.
It would also show the complete urls of any links onmouseover.

The only argument against a statusbar that I can think of, is that is takes up space.

 

[ivory]

Funny, the word javascript: gets automatically broken up. I entered it without spaces.
edit: now it doesn't.

 

[Octavian X]

That makes sense... It would be nice to know that something is working when I use this heap-of-junk that is a computer...

 

[Thunderfall]

Consider it done.

Also made a little change to the links so now when you click the view uploads folder links the newly uploaded files are listed at the top.

 

[pdescobar]

I just had to upload something and saw it in action. Good suggestion, ivory, and thank you TF for implementing it.

 

[Octavian X]

Oooh, that helps a lot. I don't normally trust my own typing skills, so I used to click around until my file came out on top, just to copy the link. I don't need to do that anymore.

Actually, it seems that the links on the upload confirmation page still go to the regular alphabetical listing. Could you please do the same to the links on this second page as the ones on the first?

 

[Thunderfall]

Originally posted by Octavian X
Actually, it seems that the links on the upload confirmation page still go to the regular alphabetical listing. Could you please do the same to the links on this second page as the ones on the first?

Good catch. I will do that later today.

 

[ivory]

Excellent. Many thanks.