PC, Windows 7 64 bit, developer channel. It’s the preview of the next release, so it may or not be an issue once this version hits the release channel but I haven’t seen any reports that there are problems with it’s rendering engine.
I realize that it isn’t meant to be a file manager, but without at least the ability to delete uploads prior to submitting the post this opens the door for severe member frustration;
Scenario One: Visitor has a large folder of smallish images (<100kb) that they are trying to upload a thumbnail from. Their aim is a touch off and they accidentally click “me-drunk-as-sin.jpg” instead of “my-adorable-puppy-picture.jpg”. They have to scrap the whole post now and start over.
Scenario Two: Harder to think of an example off the top of my head, so I’ll be vague – forum is family oriented, member is attempting to explain their stance on a particular topic that can very easily slip out of “PG-13”. Could be relating to alcohol, attire, violence etc. Members post is perfectly safe, but the image they uploaded to demonstrate their position isn’t. Entire post has to be deleted because the attachment can’t be removed, member gets upset and mails angry kittens to me, the forum administrator, and I get severe scratched up when they arrive (alright, so that’s only happened once, but you never know when it could happen again).
Even though I completely understand what you are saying, these are just two off the top of my head reasons why I think it could be dangerous to have a file upload capability with no recourse.
Last but not least, the alignment – not a big issue at all, easy enough for forum admins on thin layouts to fix even if they go with the default template. I haven’t tested it on wider layouts myself, so I figured I would just note it quick in case it came up later that it was affecting those layouts as well.
no worries – the uploader is still pretty fresh…