Can you upload files from the iPad to a Web Browers

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Can you upload files from the iPad to a Web Browers

I recently received an iPad and I love it. I would also love to leave my laptop at home and only use the iPad while I'm away. One thing I think is missing for this to be possible is the lack of a native filesystem, as far as I know.

I know there are many apps that allow you to store and sync documents but I can't find a way to upload files to a website. For example, if I'm on a job site that requires me to upload my resume, the browse button on the browser is not active. I can't upload the files using the documents I've stored in Pages or in readdledocs.

Does anyone else think this is a major shortcoming?
Is there a way to do that I'm not aware of?

You assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

joe

IPad, iOS 4

Posted on Jan 9, 2011 10:38 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Jan 9, 2011 10:47 AM in response to Joei005

Look in the app store for FTP apps, like FTP on the Go.

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Joei005 Author

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Jan 9, 2011 11:10 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks for your suggestion, Tom.

I tried it but it doesn't seem to solve the problem I'm trying to solve.

I went to monster.com where it asks you to upload a file. The browse button for uploading the resume is not active so I can't upload a file.

I hope that there is some solution since this seems to be a major limitation for my purposes.

Thanks, again,

Joe

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dhaun

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Jan 9, 2011 11:14 AM in response to Joei005

Safari won't let you upload files but some of the alternate browsers will. I've used iCab Mobile to upload photos to Flickr (which is not possible with Safari). Don't know about monster.com, though ...

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Jan 9, 2011 11:23 AM in response to Joei005

Goodreader does uploads to a FTP site...easy!
It also downloads off a FTP site.
I love that app.
Worth everypenny.
It has s great file-folder system.
You can also use the open in to open in other apps.

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Feb 2, 2011 12:47 AM in response to Joei005

No solution but agree that this is a need for the iPad to be a more effective business tool. Also could not find a way to get good reader to work for the type of problem you mention that I am struggling with as well.

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Feb 2, 2011 6:28 AM in response to favored nation

The iPad and iOS lack a file handling system. As such, there's no way to hit a Browse button on some external site, drill down I to your iPad's file structure, and start a file transfer. This are all OS functions that just don't exist on mobile devices.

I think the only short term solution is to work from the other end; get another way to move files around by working with the vendor and pointing out that his website design doesn't support mobile, touchscreen devices. I think they'll change quickly, and probably provide so e sort of an interim solution also.

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Apr 20, 2011 9:09 PM in response to Joei005

It's really unfortunate that Apple hasn't fixed this missing feature in, what, three years? Our customers upload spreadsheets to our web site, and when asked why upload doesn't work on the iPad I have to explain that it's a limitation of IOS. And if they want a mobile device which does this, they should look at Android (which finally got full upload capability in v2.2).

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raj239

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Aug 2, 2011 5:30 PM in response to Joei005

You can enable the Browse Button in Safari using an App you can find here http://bit.ly/o64KUd

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Aug 2, 2011 5:53 PM in response to raj239

That would require jailbreaking the iPad, coding it's warranty.

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cpny80

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Feb 1, 2012 10:26 PM in response to Joei005

I had the same complaint. I actually stopped using my laptop for the iPad. It was frustrating having to go to the laptop just to upload a resume to career builder. I just downloaded iCab browser in the app store. I sent my resume to an external email account and signed in. You need to open the email through the iCab browser and download the file there. ICab has its own download drop box. I was able to them go to career builder and upload a resume without a problem. It may be a pain to start emailing files to yourself just to import them into the app but it's worth it not having to either copy and paste or go back to your laptop. Hope that helps and you found a job.

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bickov

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Apr 22, 2012 1:47 AM in response to Joei005

This option is really necessary for me and my work, I have no idea how to convert my files into text (http://www.to-text.net) without this feature and laptop.

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Tom Gewecke

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Apr 22, 2012 6:22 AM in response to bickov

bickov wrote:

I have no idea how to convert my files into text

What is the format of the files which you need to convert into text?

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bickov

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Apr 22, 2012 10:07 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Media files, images etc. from iPad gallery

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Apr 22, 2012 11:38 AM in response to bickov

What i do is uploading my files to my webspace using ftp client pro app. In most websites (forums) i can add the link to the file (mostly images) and voila the image shows up.

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Apr 27, 2012 7:06 AM in response to Joei005

You can upload file to Dropbox and then share the link. That is easy. Want to upload photo, videos, find apps in App store for specific purpose (like Flicker, Picasa...) It's all free.

If you want to safari enable the uploading, jailbreak it.

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