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Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by amelius »

modeless wrote: post #36

My site https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/ uses WebGL, Web Workers, WASM, Service Workers, Notifications API, Geolocation API, probably some other web platform features I'm forgetting. The use of workers and WASM is not obvious, but on page load it takes the current orbit parameters for every orbiting satellite that is potentially visible anywhere on Earth and calculates the future position of each satellite eve…

It seems there is a bug. I see ISS passing by, then I rotate the view a bit, and suddenly ISS passes again, all within a few seconds.

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by have_faith »

Gigachad wrote: post #53
whatatita wrote: post #32

https://webwormhole.io and https://file.pizza both use WebRTC for p2p file transfer. They differ quite a lot in UX but both are really useful: it's 2022 and sending files to one another still seems to be a pain without tools like these.

For the average user, file sharing is already solved. If it’s a small file, you just send it via an IM app. If it’s a large file, you upload it to cloud storage and share a link

> average user > you upload it to cloud storage and share a link

I'd wager a miniscule amount of people know how to do this.

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by have_faith »

lordofgibbons wrote: post #28
notsrg wrote: post #4

Figma is written in C++ and compiled to web assembly. All the UX designers I know are using it because it's pretty powerful for a webapp.

Figma is cool, but every time I open a Figma link, my beefy laptop turns into a jet engine on takoff thrust.

I have figma open all day, never noticed it have any effect (M1 MBP)

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by poniko »

Pixlr.com uses webgl, wasm, file API, workers etc to push most performance out of the browser. We just piggybacked the new video API to encode a steam that we then use rust/wasm to put in a MP4 container. With that we get client side super performant video encoding, never seen anyone else do something similar yet.

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by easrng »

apignotti wrote: post #43

https://webvm.io is our public demo of CheerpX, an x86 virtualization technology made with WebAssembly. At Leaning Technologies we have been using WebAssembly pretty much from day 1 as part of our C++ and Java compilers. CheerpX is our latest product, and we think it really pushes the boundaries of what is possible in the modern browser.

Will there ever be a public demo of CheerpX Flash?

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by brrrrrm »

amacneil wrote: post #22

We are building https://studio.foxglove.dev/ which is a visualization tool for robotics. Click “Explore sample data” to see a demo. Uses WebGL and some WebAssembly.

It’s particularly cool that this works on mobile

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by jjice »

have_faith wrote: post #83
lordofgibbons wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Figma is cool, but every time I open a Figma link, my beefy laptop turns into a jet engine on takoff thrust.

I have figma open all day, never noticed it have any effect (M1 MBP)

Also M1 MBP, but I only use Figma when consulting a design, not creating one. It's definitely beefy (higher ram usage), but I assume it's electron based and has all of chromium running underneath it. I don't think that's a big deal for things like Figma that are usually someone's primary (or a close second) application. Hasn't been a serious issue for me, but I definitely close it when not in use instead of letting it hang around.

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by sanketpatrikar »

modeless wrote: post #36

My site https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/ uses WebGL, Web Workers, WASM, Service Workers, Notifications API, Geolocation API, probably some other web platform features I'm forgetting. The use of workers and WASM is not obvious, but on page load it takes the current orbit parameters for every orbiting satellite that is potentially visible anywhere on Earth and calculates the future position of each satellite eve…

Not sure why it's happening, but ISS passes overhead for me multiple times every few seconds. I'm in India. Firefox 100.

Re: Ask HN: Can you share websites that are pushing the utility of browsers forward?

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Post by bemmu »

The first time I saw someone share a 3D game from this website, I was confused: https://now.gg/games.html

The graphics were good, so I though what a nice use of WebGL. But then I noticed them being blocky,.. in a video compressiony way. Could it be? Yes, server-side rendered web games, streamed to you in real time without requiring account creation.

(The game I originally saw was https://now.gg/apps/paradyme-games/4102/solar-smash.html but seems to be down at the moment)

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