title: How to upload a file to amazon S3 without passing it by a server?
body: <p>I'm looking for a front-end solution for uploading files to amazon s3 (that is, not passing them through my server.</p>
  
  <p>The solution I have found is
  <a href="https://code.google.com/p/swfupload/" rel="noreferrer">https://code.google.com/p/swfupload/</a></p>
  
  <p>It might do the job, but it requier flash and this is the first sentence of the project description is:</p>
  
  <p>SWFUpload has not been under active development for several years.</p>
  
  <p>Here are my desired features, though none of them are nessesary</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>No plugins</li>
  <li>Built with Amazon S3 in mind, handling buckets authentification etc.</li>
  <li>Some way to see file upload-progress</li>
  <li>Support from IE8+</li>
  </ul>