Can youz test a new uploader?

***Baldy*** · Apr-09-2009, 06:41 PM

Need a speed fix?

We decided to roll our own Simple uploader 'cus we thought we could make it smaller and faster.

The current one is an industry standard, used by Facebook et al, but being built by a third party we can't get quick fixes when browser upgrades make it woof.

Can you give the new hotness a whirl and see what you think?

To try it, go to the simple uploader (here's how). Your browser address bar should look something like this:

Just make sure it says &applet=10 at the end of the URL and press "return" or "enter", depending on your machine.

The new version of the Simple uploader should ask if you wanna trust it (you do), then load and look like:

Then add some photos & videos. Fast? Reliable? Intuitive?

Okay, so it's not pretty yet...

Thanks!
Baldy

jfriend · Apr-09-2009, 07:14 PM

I just gave it a try and it did not work for me. I picked 6 images to upload. I hit the Upload button. The first three started animating their progress indicators with little green rectangles going back and forth and they immediately showed 100%, but nothing else was happening and the progress indicator never showed any typical thermometer moving. It says "Current Speed: idle" and "Time Remaining: idle".

After a couple minutes of no visual change, I hit the Stop Uploading button. It didn't appear to do anything except enable the Remove All button. The green rectangles were still going back and forth on the first three images, nothing else happening. Based on the responsiveness of my network connection, I think it was still uploading the three images. It appears to have so saturated my connection that I can barely do anything else (I have 6Mbps down, 1Mbps up).

Here's what it looks like after I hit the Stop Uploading button:

It did eventually finish uploading the three images that started. The thermometers never showed anything other than the green rectangles and 100%. After the uploaded, they disappeared. The time remaining and current speed never showed anything other than "idle".

When I check the gallery, the first three images did upload. Summary of what I saw:

Initial progress is very bizarre. It jumped to 100% immediately and then just showed the animating green rectangles. The progress thermometers seem busted. I much, much prefer what the previous simple uploader showed because it feels like it's doing something all the time.
Speed indicator never showed anything
Time remaining never showed anything.
Cancel doesn't seem to cancel the existing uploads.
It so saturates my connection that I can't really do much on the internet while it's uploading (I realize this is probably a side effect of going for max speed, but it is still unpleasant).
The progress showing how many have successfully uploaded "3/6" is very tiny and not very satisfying. The individual files appear to just "disappear" and you wonder what happened to them or if they worked.
The progress indicator showed 6/6 when it only uploaded 3.

I am normally a Star Explorer uploader so I can't really offer any comparison to the previous simple uploader.

BradfordBenn · Apr-09-2009, 08:09 PM

Howdy-

So I ran the same 27 images through four different uploaders for testing. Here is what I came up with:

45.2 MB - 27 Images
Running under Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032608 Firefox/3.0.8
Applet = 10 Upload 2:25
Applet = 9 Upload 3:25

Mac Daddy v3.03 2:24

Star *Explorer with Boost 2:25 (running under Fusion with 2GB on XP)

I did these all back to back to back to back to keep it as fair as possible.

Does that help?

***Andy*** · Apr-09-2009, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfriend

I just gave it a try

Can you try again, John? We didn't experience this at all in testing.

UI Stuff and comments are great, thanks - we'll address that soon

jfriend · Apr-09-2009, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy

Can you try again, John? We didn't experience this at all in testing.

UI Stuff and comments are great, thanks - we'll address that soon

Working more normally now, though there was clearly a major bug when I first tried it several times in a row.

The "Stop Uploading" button still behaves very weirdly. The item that is currently uploading just disappears from view and is not uploaded. It seems like it should stay in view just like the other items that are not uploaded yet.

***Andy*** · Apr-09-2009, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfriend

Working more normally now, though there was clearly a major bug when I first tried it several times in a row.

The "Stop Uploading" button still behaves very weirdly. The item that is currently uploading just disappears from view and is not uploaded. It seems like it should stay in view just like the other items that are not uploaded yet.

Awesome, thanks. Try it more over the next few days if you would please, throw in a few hundred or even a thousand files - love to get some real strong usage.

RogersDA · Apr-09-2009, 10:29 PM

5 images - first three averaged 2.99 MB/s. The last two throttled down to about 1.3 - 1.2 MB/s. At the end of the last one it seemed really slow to finish the upload. Sorry - no definite times recorded.

Maybe the first three speeds were the result of Comcast's speedboost kicking in at the beginning?

***Baldy*** · Apr-09-2009, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BradfordBenn

Howdy-

So I ran the same 27 images through four different uploaders for testing. Here is what I came up with:

45.2 MB - 27 Images
Running under Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032608 Firefox/3.0.8
Applet = 10 Upload 2:25
Applet = 9 Upload 3:25

Mac Daddy v3.03 2:24

Star *Explorer with Boost 2:25 (running under Fusion with 2GB on XP)

I did these all back to back to back to back to keep it as fair as possible.

Does that help?

Yeah, nice test. Thanks!

Sparky · Apr-10-2009, 06:38 AM

Hope these tests help you out:

Running Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032609 Firefox/3.0.8

Cable internet with Time Warner Roadrunner

About 9AM Eastern

Uploaded two batches (all files in both tests were 0.6-0.7MB in size)

Upload #1 - 167 photos in approx. 10 mins. Speed started at 1.1Mb/s and went to 1.3Mb/s and stayed there

Upload #2 - 173 photos in 11:36 mins. (got my stopwatch out for this one) Speed steady at 1.3Mb/s entire time.

BradfordBenn · Apr-10-2009, 12:53 PM

If you need more testing, let me know. I got more photos to upload. i also can test under Win XP if you need that also.

Apr-09-2009, 08:09 PM	#3
BradfordBenn Major grins Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 1,169	A couple of results Howdy- So I ran the same 27 images through four different uploaders for testing. Here is what I came up with: 45.2 MB - 27 Images Running under Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032608 Firefox/3.0.8 Applet = 10 Upload 2:25 Applet = 9 Upload 3:25 Mac Daddy v3.03 2:24 Star *Explorer with Boost 2:25 (running under Fusion with 2GB on XP) I did these all back to back to back to back to keep it as fair as possible. Does that help? __________________ -=Brad Pictures \| Website \| Blog My Uservoice requests: Upload via email acknowledgment with link \| Email indication of process complete \| Link to external items in galleries

Apr-09-2009, 10:29 PM	#7
RogersDA ...---... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Waldorf, MD Posts: 2,528	5 images - first three averaged 2.99 MB/s. The last two throttled down to about 1.3 - 1.2 MB/s. At the end of the last one it seemed really slow to finish the upload. Sorry - no definite times recorded. Maybe the first three speeds were the result of Comcast's speedboost kicking in at the beginning? __________________ David ⌘ GreyLeaf PhotoGraphy ⌘

Apr-10-2009, 06:38 AM	#9
Sparky Big grins Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 71	Hope these tests help you out: Running Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032609 Firefox/3.0.8 Cable internet with Time Warner Roadrunner About 9AM Eastern Uploaded two batches (all files in both tests were 0.6-0.7MB in size) Upload #1 - 167 photos in approx. 10 mins. Speed started at 1.1Mb/s and went to 1.3Mb/s and stayed there Upload #2 - 173 photos in 11:36 mins. (got my stopwatch out for this one) Speed steady at 1.3Mb/s entire time. __________________ Kevin http://wowmephotos.smugmug.com/

Apr-10-2009, 12:53 PM	#10
BradfordBenn Major grins Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 1,169	If you need more testing, let me know. I got more photos to upload. i also can test under Win XP if you need that also. __________________ -=Brad Pictures \| Website \| Blog My Uservoice requests: Upload via email acknowledgment with link \| Email indication of process complete \| Link to external items in galleries

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Apr-09-2009, 06:41 PM	#1
*Baldy* aka Chris MacAskill Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: mountain view, ca Posts: 2,504	Can youz test a new uploader? Need a speed fix? We decided to roll our own Simple uploader 'cus we thought we could make it smaller and faster. The current one is an industry standard, used by Facebook et al, but being built by a third party we can't get quick fixes when browser upgrades make it woof. Can you give the new hotness a whirl and see what you think? To try it, go to the simple uploader (here's how). Your browser address bar should look something like this: Just make sure it says &applet=10 at the end of the URL and press "return" or "enter", depending on your machine. The new version of the Simple uploader should ask if you wanna trust it (you do), then load and look like: Then add some photos & videos. Fast? Reliable? Intuitive? Okay, so it's not pretty yet... Thanks! Baldy

Apr-09-2009, 07:14 PM	#2
jfriend Scripting dude Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California Posts: 13,502	I just gave it a try and it did not work for me. I picked 6 images to upload. I hit the Upload button. The first three started animating their progress indicators with little green rectangles going back and forth and they immediately showed 100%, but nothing else was happening and the progress indicator never showed any typical thermometer moving. It says "Current Speed: idle" and "Time Remaining: idle". After a couple minutes of no visual change, I hit the Stop Uploading button. It didn't appear to do anything except enable the Remove All button. The green rectangles were still going back and forth on the first three images, nothing else happening. Based on the responsiveness of my network connection, I think it was still uploading the three images. It appears to have so saturated my connection that I can barely do anything else (I have 6Mbps down, 1Mbps up). Here's what it looks like after I hit the Stop Uploading button: It did eventually finish uploading the three images that started. The thermometers never showed anything other than the green rectangles and 100%. After the uploaded, they disappeared. The time remaining and current speed never showed anything other than "idle". When I check the gallery, the first three images did upload. Summary of what I saw: Initial progress is very bizarre. It jumped to 100% immediately and then just showed the animating green rectangles. The progress thermometers seem busted. I much, much prefer what the previous simple uploader showed because it feels like it's doing something all the time. Speed indicator never showed anything Time remaining never showed anything. Cancel doesn't seem to cancel the existing uploads. It so saturates my connection that I can't really do much on the internet while it's uploading (I realize this is probably a side effect of going for max speed, but it is still unpleasant). The progress showing how many have successfully uploaded "3/6" is very tiny and not very satisfying. The individual files appear to just "disappear" and you wonder what happened to them or if they worked. The progress indicator showed 6/6 when it only uploaded 3. I am normally a Star Explorer uploader so I can't really offer any comparison to the previous simple uploader. __________________ --John Homepage, Popular Photos, Portfolio If you are asking for help, please include a clickable link to your Smugmug site (full URL including the http://). It's easiest for everyone if you add it to your dgrin signature so it's always there. For a list of popular javascript customizations, go here. If you wonder why your post might not be getting an answer, read this.