Ever try to upload a few dozen 5MB images to a D7 site? Did it make you cry? It should have, because it will take 30 minutes or more for most internet users. Facebook does client side image resizing.... that's why image uploads are so fast. People are used to this speed, and expect it. Who wants to sit on an upload page for 30 minutes and watch upload progress bars?
Let's do a test. Go find some 5-7 MB image files, and upload them to a Dolphin 7 site. Then go upload those same images here: http://houstonlively.com/swfupload/resizedemo/index.php
I'll let the results speak for themselves.
We have played with this a little, but haven't' yet implemented due to some issues. It can be a viable "option", but there're some drawbacks...
First, with the new HiDPI/retina displays coming, you may want to have hi-res originals uploaded to your site. New rMBP has 2880px width, which means it can fit 8mpx photos at full zoom (and often you don't want them displayed in 100%). It may not be an issue yet, but it soon will be, and you won't be able to explain your users see more
So the best way is to use latest stable version for now without client resizing.
Integrating other uploader will require too many changes in current version.
- it is beta feature, no one can guarantee that it is stable
- no one update for more than 2 years
- problem with resizing big images (is this what this plugin for?)
- hanging in some browsers/OS/Flash versions
- hanging with certain number of files
- multilingual problems
We will try to implement client's side resizing without flash in future versions.
you have my respect houstonlively
I do not understand how to do that is to say you're wrong