Not for me.. This is what I get when trying to add local files..
Catchable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in /Library/WebServer/Documents/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/add-from-server/add-from-server.php on line 144
running MacOSX 10.5.6 Leopard / WordPress 2.7.1
Apache/2.2.9 (Unix) PHP/5.2.6