The file upload feature change:

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-929711.html

The file path is no longer transmitted to the browser, only the base filename.

herd wrote:

You might wanna read bug 12766 ... especially https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12766#c4

The choice of implementation doesn't matter (to me), whether the functionality is in a variable, function, etc. As long as MediaWiki provides some way to detect the browser and version in use. This "file upload" change is pretty significant.

You should test the bug/change, not browser version. Is that possible here?

Interesting idea, but in this case, I don't think it can be done in a friendly manner. The feature (<input type="file">) is available in all browsers; only FF3 considers it a security risk to return the full file path (which we need). You could check the results AFTER the user has spent the time navigating to a file and selecting it, and then say, "Sorry, that file you just spent time selecting, you can't use it." But that's nasty to the user.

Fwiw: an is_ff3 is adding more hacky variables that shouldn't be :)

I'd suggest a nice framework that allows us to detect browser versions more easily. Then things like isBrowser( 'ie6' ) or 'ff3' could be tested and accounted for. I know these things are always less-than-ideal. Just wanted to throw the idea out.

I don't see the need of a is_ff3 to check if you will get a full path or not. You should look if it has a folder name or not.
Other browsers also do the same, even IE, which uses a fake path, which will be the reaction from every browser in the future (html5)...

ayg wrote:

The current array of variables is obnoxious and should die, fully agree with not adding more. I think jQuery will do this for you anyway, once that's always available by default (is it yet?).