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I've built this exact function into client apps (upload from various sources and edit with Aviary). Its a PITA. I'd consider yours, but there's a couple…",{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},"3864884","chc","Putting images on a web page is easy, so we see images everywhere on the Web. If it were also easy, we would expect to see good file upload widgets everywhere. Good file upload…",{"value":66,"source":55,"evidence":67},"Website and app developers who need user file uploads",[68,69],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},"3865762","deanpcmad","Internal Server Error when submitting my email :( Looks like a great service. But where do images get uploaded to? I currently run a site called Desktop.ly where users can upload…",{"value":74,"source":55,"evidence":75},"Developer key offered; donation form, no pricing plans yet",[76,80],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"3864944","dolphenstein","Looks neat! However, you won't catch me putting my credit card details into that donations form. You might want to put a paypal button or something that makes me feel a bit more…",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"3865299","overboard","It would. Having pricing plans in place, to show you want to run an actual business would also help boost that confidence.",{"value":85,"source":55,"evidence":86},"Make file handling from online services easier for websites",[87],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"3864640","brettcvz","With more and more of user's content on the web, we decided it should be far easier for users to work with that content on websites. Hope you like it! It's rough, but we wanted…",[92,99,105,112,119],{"value":93,"source":55,"evidence":94},"JavaScript",[95],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"3865960","bluesnowmonkey","``` filepicker.getFile(mimetype, callback(url){alert(url);}); ``` I feel dumb saying this, but I don't understand the example code. Why do I have to give Filepicker a mimetype? 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