I wanted to update my post by saying I am no longer interested in an S3 plugin for Opus.
It may sound strange, so here's why.
Over time, I have used a variety of S3 software. For encrypted backups, I still use JungleDisk. To upload files for CDN hosting (CloudFront), I've used CloudBerry, S3Fox, Bucket Explorer, and now S3 Browser. Until recently, I had problems in this category of software. In particular, it's really important to me that I be able to set and change the http headers of the files so that they have the right cache-control durations.
I've been using S3 Browser for a few months now, and it solves the problems I had:
- I drag and drop from Opus.
- multi-threaded uploads (very fast to upload hundreds of small files, compared to one-by-one FTP-type uploads).
- easy to set and update the headers.
Given that even S3Fox, which is a popular Firefox add-on, doesn't let you change http headers, my feeling is that it might be challenging for an Opus S3 plug-in to support the features that matter to me (and other features that may matter to other users), and then to keep in pace with service changes made by Amazon. Whereas a dedicated tool can focus on that job and do it well---and work well with Opus.
So I'm officially withdrawing my "me too" wish post for an S3 plug-in.
I guess it's similar to what must happen in a number of software categories---the development team probably has to decide where Opus stops and someone else's software starts. For instance, for me the picture viewer has exactly the features I want. For more, I hit Ctrl + Shift + H (custom shortcut) to open the image in Photoshop.
Wishing you all a fun weekend.