Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/02

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FWIW I use - have always used - the facility to load from my disk. I last used
it about ten days ago and it worked fine for me. I am running Firefox 57.0.3
(64bit) over Windows 10 (with latest updates).

Peter


On 02/01/2018 08:56, Peter Klein wrote:
> Hi, Aram.? I'm still using Windows 7 Professional. The Upload Applet stopped
> working with Chrome when Chrome disallowed Java. For another year or two, I was
> able to use IE 11, but on at least two occasions, a new Windows security warning
> forced me to open yet another security exception to allow the applet to run.?
> Eventually, it completely stopped working altogether. Firefox won't run it,
> either.? I believe the issue is that Java is? now considered insecure, as are
> many formerly common practices in Java programming.?? There's also the
> competition between the companies that created the various Web programming
> languages as to who will be top dog.? Perhaps the app could be re-written, but I
> have not been able to find any evidence that anyone has. Considering that
> several major Web browsers have dumped Java, why would anyone bother?
> 
> I've tried some of the other upload tabs, without success.? They are either
> obsolete or require a level of specific knowledge that I do not possess. So I
> basically gave up and only use the LUG gallery for small uploads. Flickr is my
> main photo display site these days.
> 
> Perhaps Brian can shed some light on the situation?
> 
> --Peter
> 
> 
>> Hi.? Quite a while back, the Gallery started having problems using the
>> Java Upload Applet, and started showing me error messages.? Now it seems
>> to have stopped being able to load the Upload applet at all.? I know the
>> newer browsers have stopped using Java, but I am accessing it on a
>> Windows 10 machine using the old Internet Explorer browser, which use to
>> work just fine.
>>
>> Has anyone else experienced this problem, and perhaps has a work around
>> for me?? It was easy to bulk upload rather than having to enter each
>> photo one by one in the From Web Browser tab.? I have been hoping for a
>> direct FTP connection from Lightroom, but have been told that is not
>> possible with the current version of the Gallery software.
>>
>> Aram
> 
> 
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Dr Peter Dzwig				



Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Uploading to LUG Gallery problems)
In reply to: Message from boulanger.croissant at gmail.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Uploading to LUG Gallery problems)