HTML5 offers developers a File API with drag-and-drop support to make web apps behave a bit more like desktop apps. Provided you've got a modern web browser and are using a web app that supports ...

Google Chrome, however, lets you drag and drop files into any window to upload them, even when it isn't a feature of the webapp you're using.

Google continues to use HTML5 to push its web apps into the future. The latest bit of HTML5 to feel Google’s love is drag-and-drop support, which is now a standard part of Gmail.

The HTML5-powered webapp will then give you a window to which you can drag and drop any files you want, and they'll automatically appear on your phone, ready for use.

PikiWiki, which opened to the public yesterday, is no ordinary wiki. Instead of collaborating with others to edit text-dominated pages, people can use ...