What to use instead of FileReader for Safari?

Question

(Am new to web programming, so apologies for any lack of rudimentary knowledge.)

My page allows a user to select a file that is then read clientside & displayed

Answer 1

Sadly, the only answer I can come up with will hog some extra bandwidth.

Firstly, use something like if (typeof FileReader !== "undefined" or Modernizr to follow your normal flow for the browsers that DO support FileReader. Otherwise, POST the file via AJAX to some server-side script that echoes back the contents.

So for compliant browsers, you get to save yourself some bandwidth and for non-compliant browsers you have to take one for the team.