Firefox add-on: UploadProgress
This Firefox add-on adds a new option to the Tools menu called “Uploads” that displays a small window, similar to the downloads, but displaying only current uploads in progress. The uploads are automatically removed from the window after they finish. The idea is to have a way to know the progress of your file uploads and an estimated remaining time to finish.
Useful for sites that does not shows the upload progress like youtube.
This is my first add-on, so if you find something wrong please let me know.
I’ve submitted it to AMO but since it takes time to get released to the general public, I’ve decided to put it here in our blog if you want to give it a try.
Download it here, enjoy!
Tested in Linux, MacOS X and Windows, this small add-on is 100% JavaScript, no dlls no native XPCOMs. I’ve read in some forums that once upon a time (2004) Firefox already included an upload progress indicator but since then till today is broken. Today other modern browsers like Chrome already provides an upload percent indicator.
Edit: version 0.3 now displaying a small progress bar in Firefox’s status-bar. Check it out!
Hi, when you thinks upgrade your best component for firfox 4?
I wait your upgrade
Any chance of a Firefox 4.x update? Or have things changed too much?
Just released UploadProgress 0.6 a few days ago!, check for updates
Fortunately, it works, just changed the max version
Please fix it for:
megaupload.com
&
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE for
netload.in
With Firefox 4 Final.
I would be very happy.
Greetings by Herold
Thanks
that is good
i like this
Doesn’t work with the script SWFupload http://demo.swfupload.org/v220/simpledemo/index.php
@mich
It only works with plain HTML uploads. SWFUpload uses Flash to upload files through a separate TCP/IP connection direct to the server and Firefox (thus UploadProgress) doesn’t know about it.
I like this addon, thank you.
Is it possible, that the Uploads-window pops up like the Downloads-window, when uploads are started?
Thanks for the suggestion. I think is time to make a preferences window for the add-on, in order to configure these kind of things. I’ll try to implement it for next version. Regards, Fernando.
Any chance to get this addon work for FF 5?
Great work ! This addon should be included as part of FF !!
Just 1 new request. When the window is minimized, it would be great if the minimized title text listed the upload progress in realtime, ie 53.28% or whatever. Otherwise I keep having to click on it to see if my upload has finished.
Hi,
can’t see the progress bar in the status bar. There is only a static icon (a small paper plane) sitting there.
The progress bar will appear only when there is an upload in progress. Otherwise, you click the icon and a separate window will appear with the current uploads in progress.