Image Uploader is a client-side Java applet which allows you to browse images on the client computer, apply basic image processing (generate thumbnails, rotate), edit descriptions of images, and then upload these images to server. It greatly increases convinience of uploading images to the server as compared to standart HTML forms (using <input type= "file" .... >). It can upload not only the image itself, but also its thumbnails, thus eliminating the need for any server-side component which would generate thumbnails on the server.

It retrieves data to server in standard multipart/form-data. This means that the data can be handled by any HTTP-compatible server environment: ASP, ASP.NET, Perl, PHP, JSP, etc. Code samples for ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, Perl, PHP, and JSP are available.

Features

• Easy navigation through the folders on your computer. Displays thumbnails for the pictures (JPEG, TIFF, PSD, WBMP, BMP, and GIF). You can also switch between different views: thumbnails, details, list, and icons.
• Ability to specify limitation for single file size, dimensions, total number of files and total upload size.
• Ability to specify filters for file types.
• Ability to add custom forms to the uploading data (input, select, and textarea fields).Memory friendly even for huge number of uploaded files.
• A progress bar displayed during the upload.
• Full control of uploading process via client scripts (including even custom progress bar).
• Compatibility with most modern browsers (which support Java runtime 1.4): Internet Explorer (both for Windows and MacOS X), Mozilla, Safari, Opera, Konqueror.
• Automatic recovery of the upload after connection brake.
• Generation of up to three thumbnails or different sizes (on client-side).
• Rotating 90 degrees (on client-side).
• Ability to upload files in separate requests. This means that if the upload process was interrupted, user will be able to resume it. S/he will not have to upload files which have already  been uploaded.
• Support of non-image files.
• Ability to add descriptions to each file.
• Customization of the look.
• International languages support. Image Uploader user interface is easy to localize in other languages. Each piece of text displayed in Image Uploader can be changed. East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc) languages are fully supported too.
• Drag-n-drop support.
• XP styles support.
• Code samples for the following platforms:
  • ASP (for several upload components);
  • ASP.NET;
  • PHP;
  • Perl;
  • Cold Fusion;
  • JSP (tested on Resin and Tomcat servers).