2004-07-26
File Browser Improvements
I just made some more improvements to my custom-built file browser. Previously, in order to conserve bandwidth and cut down on download time, I manually divided out the images in the gallery into groups of 32 and put them in numbered folders. Now, I made it so I can plop them all down into one big folder and the script will separate them out, simulating numbered folders. I was sugared up when I wrote it, so it's possible that I have some goofs in there, but it seems to be working so far.
The gallery itself is still pretty small and the sections are incomplete. Most of my images are back on my Windows computer, which I haven't even turned on in about a week. I don't yet have any good way to transfer the files quickly, since I only have one line coming into my room and my two computers aren't networked together in any way. Hopefully that problem will be solved before too long.
Keep in mind that the main file browser is only available to users of Mozilla-based browsers (which includes Firefox). The other web browsers don't fully support all of the features that it uses, and thus they are fed a stripped-down version instead. All files are still accessible; they just don't get the awesome interface that Mozilla browser users get.
I would also like to note that the Nano See, Nano Do skins don't apply to the file browser yet. One reason is that I haven't made the icons for the other skins yet, and the other is that I'm not quite sure how I would go about transferring the skin settings to the file browser, which is embedded in an object. It'll take Javascript and some rewriting of the file browser script.
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