Gmail like file upload with jQuery

Question

I would like to upload files just like google mail does. I would want to use jQuery and PHP to do it is there anyway of getting the progressbar etc.?

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Answer 1

...gmail uses an iFrame that has style display:hidden; then when you upload on the form, it then sends the iFrame to the upload url. There is no flash involved at all. The only thing Google does with flash on Gmail is just making noises for chats. And you have to allow that in settings. They don't really use flash too much just because it is pretty bad as far as memory and cpu usage. Javascript can do anything flash can do (albiet with a lot more code in some cases) but Javascript, in 99% of cases is much faster, and better memory-wise.