Hello,

Oracle strikes again. In their fight for Java security, they released an update which made all our uploaders inoperable. Fortunately, it was not so difficult to release a fix for this problem (Upload Suite 8.0.33), but all our customers have to update their uploaders on their sites. 

I have described the problem and the solution on the FAQ section on Upload Suite forum. Meanwhile, let me give some extra insight.

As you know, there are two series of uploader exist: new (version 7 and above) and old (version 6 and below). They have different API, and although we strongly recommend to switch from v6 to the latest version, we realize that it is not always possible. That's why besides of the version 8.0.33, we will release updated version 6 which will be a fix for all old-generation uploaders. Hopefully it will be ready within few next days. I will keep you posted here.

You may wonder what you can do if you don't have a maintenance subscription or it is already expired. Although this situation is a main reason why we always recommend renewing the maintenance subscription in time, we understand that this problem is too critical to abandon all customers who decided not to purchase updates (as the Java uploader becomes absolutely useless). That's why we decided that we will provide all new-generation uploader customers who request the update to solve this issue with free license key for the version 8.0.33. Just email us at info@aurigma.com. 

UPDATE: We have released Image Uploader 6.5.27 for old-generation uploader customers. You can download it on the legacy downloads page.

I am sorry to say that, but it looks like it is a time to close our Photo Order plugin project.

It is no longer available for purchase, however if you are an existing customer and have any problems with it, feel free to contact us and we will provide you with our assistance whenever it is possible. 

After extensive development by our dedicated team, you can now leverage the many improvements that are now available to you in Windows 8 for tablets and mobile devices! Of course you can use Uploader with the desktop version of IE just as you always could, but now Aurigma’s Upload Suite version 8.0.26 enables you to work seamlessly with the Metro version as well, despite the Metro version’s lack of support for most extensions.

In addition to this exciting news, Mac users are not left out of the party…Aurigma Upload Suite Version 8.0.26 also provides better Mac OS X support. Aurigma’s developers have provided you with greatly enhanced support for all the improvements that are resident in Java 1.7 with the new version of Upload Suite!

As you have come to expect from Aurigma, the latest releases are supported as soon as they are available to the public. Aurigma Uploader Suite Version 8.0.26 has been thoroughly and intensively tested by Aurigma’s development team to ensure that it is dependable and trouble free, and ready for you to use right out of the box!

Aurigma—we are your upload partner!

Recently we had a conversation with a guy, Max Antipin, who integrated Aurigma Up with his file sharing service. He was very happy with it and we asked him to tell other people what he thinks about it. Let's see what Max says:

I am a perfectionist who knows what it takes to make quality APIs and GUIs, and Aurigma Up greatly exceeded my expectations. Integrating Aurigma Up with my site was very simple and straightforward. Now my mobile users can easily upload their photos to my site. My old uploader did not support Apple devices, so I really appreciate Aurigma Up’s superb support for iPad and iPhone. The user interface is extremely intuitive. The developers have put in a lot of effort and time to craft Aurigma Up and their product and customer support are exceptional. Because of Aurigma Up’s capabilities and ease of use I’m the first among my competitors to enable mobile uploads, which gives me a great advantage. My customers really enjoy the ability to share photos directly from their mobile devices, without having to sync to their computers first. I can’t recommend Aurigma Up highly enough!

Thanks, Max!

Today we released new sample applications for our Aurigma Up. Now they support multiple files selection and image/video recompression. They are available for download from our website.

Aurigma Up is hands down the best mobile uploader you can provide for your website’s users, and the newest version is even better with the addition of the multi-selection file uploader!  

In earlier versions, uploading capabilities were superb, but for each image that was being uploaded the user was forced to open an individual file selection dialogue box.  Five pictures of your new puppy to upload meant opening five individual dialogue boxes.  

But now with version 1.6, the user only needs to open one dialogue box, and simply selects the multiple pictures that they want to upload. All the images are then added to the upload list at the same time, greatly reducing the effort required to select multiple images for upload.  

Besides of the multiple file selection, a lot of other improvements were added. This inlcludes additional debug and troubleshooting capabilities, video thumbnails on Android, improved user expirence and bug fixes. Check out all the latest features and enhancements at the What's New section. 

And of course, all the other great mobile uploader features you have come to expect from Aurigma Up are here. This includes image resizing before uploading to conserve your server’s resources and give you more control of your site, photo auto rotation to ensure proper display after uploading, server redirect support, video compression before uploading for the iOS version, and other superb innovations that make the mobile uploading experience you provide your website’s users with Aurigma Up second to none.

Check out all the latest features at the What's New page. Aurigma, we are your upload partner!  

Maybe you have already noticed that starting from Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), Apple had changed the popup displayed when you try to open a web page with a Java applet. Now it looks like this:

A signed applet comes with a signature which should be verified by a browser, which checks if the code signing certificate is valid and issued by a trusted source. As soon as the signature is verified, an applet is launched in the browser. Technically, signed applets can get more control over a client computer, like access to the file system, registry and so on. The Java standard admits that a web browser should show a popup window in order to get approval from a user. On PCs this popup window is modest and just informs a user that an applet that is signed with a verified certificate is about to launch.

Apple decided to go a different way. Apple displays the popup windows which you see in this post. It says that “the digital signature could not be verified” even if it is signed with the correct certificate. Of course, end-users, who are not computer-savvy, are confused with this dialog and click the “Deny” button, which prevents the launching of the applet. They then cannot use important services (e.g. banking software) that they go to websites for, or try to contact a company’s technical support.Companies cannot do anything because the problem with the applet’s confusing message is out of their control. All they can do is to instruct users to click the “Allow” button. It sounds very simple but the problem is pretty serious because there are so many confused users who, ironically, are preventing themselves from getting services. If you Google this problem, you will find that a lot of companies all over the world are running afoul of this issue.

Apple support keeps saying that the verification logic has been changed in Mac OS X 10.8. "Unidentified developer" means a source other than the Mac App Store or a Developer ID-identified developer. Taking into account that Java applets cannot participate in the Mac OS Developer program, there is no way to address this issue on Apple platforms. This is really sad news...

Aurigma’s developers know what is important to your business and your website’s configuration, and the latest version of Aurigma Up they provide has greatly enhanced your control over the content that users upload to your website. Aurigma’s Uploader Suite for PC/Mac has long provided the capability of allowing image resizing before uploading the image to your web server, which saves server bandwidth via client side resizing before uploading to the server.  With Aurigma Up v1.4 this capability is now available for mobile uploading, saving precious mobile web bandwidth. Learn how to configure Aurigma Up to resize photos before the upload

Version 1.4 also allows for the auto-rotation of images, ensuring that your users get the end result that they demand when they upload images to your website.

Users of the free version of Aurigma Up will also get improvements with the latest release.  Version 1.4 provides more advanced and satisfying iPhone and iPad support, and also includes several bug fixes that will greatly enhance the mobile uploading experience that you can provide your users.

If you want to offer your customers the latest innovations in mobile uploading that Aurigma supports, you can now specify the minimum version of Aurigma Up that your customers need to install on their smart phones or their tablets to take advantage of the latest innovations you are supporting.

Go to the Free Trial page to see all of the latest and greatest innovations that Aurigma has added to the mobile uploader experience, and get the license today!  Aurigma is your upload partner.

Aurigma has signed all Image Uploader, Upload Suite, and File Downloader releases with updated Java/ActiveX code signing certificates.  Developers should make sure to update the binaries on all websites that use Aurigma to ensure that the Java/ActiveX applets do not generate security dialogues for expired certificates.

The old code signing certificates are set to expire on the 26^th of July, 2012. So, developers need to be sure to update Aurigma Java/ActiveX certificates to the new version before that date to ensure and maintain a seamless end user uploading experience.  End users don’t like to see expired certificates, and Aurigma feels strongly that it is our mandate to ensure that all our customers are supported with the latest updates; therefore we have updated the code signing certificates on all releases back to version 5.  We’ve got your back.  All of the updated versions are available for free from Aurigma at:

http://www.aurigma.com/Products/ImageUploader/FreeTrial/OldVersions.aspx - Image Uploader and Upload Suite

http://www.aurigma.com/Products/FileDownloader/LegacyDownloads.aspx - File Downloader

You can rest assured that the binaries themselves have not changed, so the new certificates will work seamlessly with your website and will not generate compatibility issues for your code build. The only difference in the new binaries is that now they have the new code signing certificates integrated.

What version to download?

1. If you have version 7.x.x or 8.x.x, just download an appropriate version. For example, if you are using version 7.0.37, find 7.0.37 in the list and download it. 
2. If you have version 5.x, you should download 5.8.1.0 binaries-only. 
3. If you have version 6.x, you should download 6.5.19 (any package will work).

The rule of the thumb is the following: if the package date is 7/19/2012 or higher, it means that this package is signed with the latest certificate. Otherwise, it is signed with outdated certificate. 

How to update?

It depends on how you are using Image Uploader/Upload Suite: 

1. If you are using ASP.NET control, you should update Aurigma.ImageUploader.dll in the /bin folder.
2. If you are using PHP library, you should overwrite the content of the ImageUploaderPHP folder.
3. In all other cases (i.e. when you insert it using JavaScript library), you should update .cab, .jar and .js files from the Scripts folder.  

Note, if you are using newer version that you had before, make sure that the version number in your code is correct. For example, if you have version 6.1.4, after you update it to 6.5.19, you should update javaAppletVersion param appropriately. 

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions on this.

Just tried to upload files with our HTML5 Uploader on Motorola Zoom and it worked! It works really impressively like on desktop computers. No Apps, no plugins, just open an upload page in Chrome and start uploading. Google is really improving the browser!