Safari 4: Gmail app (via Fluid) crashed when adding attachments

[Frank]

Today I installed Safari 4.

Now when I add a attachment in Gmail (apped via Fluid) it crashes
consistently.

How do I solve this?

Frank Elbert
The Netherlands.

[Todd Ditchendorf]

thx frank. i see this too. i'll look into it asap.

in the meantime, there's a workaround. when composing your gmail message, click the "Attach a file" link. then, you will see the "Choose File" button and the "no file selected" text next to it. (for those who know HTML, this is the <input type="file"> element)

in every webkit-based app (safari, fluid ssbs, cruz, omniweb, etc), you can simply drag and drop a file directy on the "no file selected text" to attach it. no "open" dialog is necessary. this is actually a really nice feature.

i'll try to have a fix for the crasher in the next release (prolly in march)

td

[itod]

On Feb 25, 9:54 am, Todd Ditchendorf <todd.ditchend...@gmail.com>
wrote:

I've found a fix for this in my code. seems like a change in the
webkit api, but I'm not positive about that.

i'll be filing a bug with webkit, but either way my change to fix is
safe, so the fix will be included in the next version.

td

[Chuck Cheeze]

I am getting the same problem in my SSB for Basecamp.

[Aviv]

Hey Todd,

We're a creative/development team that relies on Fluid/Basecamp daily.
We are simply unable to use it at the moment. Any ideas? We're getting
the same errors as the Gmail situation. Attach File > Crash =
Consistently :(

Please let us know any information ASAP

On Feb 25, 1:32 pm, itod <todd.ditchend...@gmail.com> wrote:

[itod]

On Feb 28, 12:09 pm, Aviv <A...@thinkbrilliant.com> wrote:
> Hey Todd,
>
> We're a creative/development team that relies on Fluid/Basecamp daily.
> We are simply unable to use it at the moment. Any ideas? We're getting
> the same errors as the Gmail situation. Attach File > Crash =
> Consistently :(
>
> Please let us know any information ASAP

Hi aviv, as i mentioned i have fixed this and the fix will be included
in the next release (soon).

is the workaround described above not working for you in Basecamp?

td

[Ambarish Chaudhari]

Hey Todd,

Thanks for the new release.

I noticed that the workaround - drag and drop to attach a file (or
display of "Choose" button) has been disabled from 0.9.6? And is that
done only for Gmail?
Now if I click on the link "Attach a file" it opens the file "open"
dialog.
If it has been done to circumvent the bug you mentioned in webkit, how
about keeping this "fix" optional using a preference?

I kind of use the drag-n-drop more often than the "open" dialog.

-ambarish

[itod]

On Mar 1, 10:44 pm, Ambarish Chaudhari <ambarish.chaudh...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Todd,
>
> Thanks for the new release.

Hi Ambarish. you bet.

> I noticed that the workaround - drag and drop to attach a file (or
> display of "Choose" button) has been disabled from 0.9.6? And is that
> done only for Gmail?

no, this was not changed in Fluid. it was actually changed in Gmail
itself... i think it was one day *after* Safari4 was released.

I have no information on the change or why Gmail did it. I noticed it
allows you to attach multiple files at once... so that's nice.

in 0.9.6 i *did* fix the crasher that was previously affecting gmail
attachments however. It was actually affecting any file upload element
(<input type="file">) on any site, not just Gmail.

> Now if I click on the link "Attach a file" it opens the file "open"
> dialog.
> If it has been done to circumvent the bug you mentioned in webkit, how
> about keeping this "fix" optional using a preference?
>
> I kind of use the drag-n-drop more often than the "open" dialog.

yeah i did too. you can still use it on other sites tho.

td