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Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#1

Post by UnsungHero97 » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 1:50 AM UTC

Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier
justbeamit.com

Re: Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#2

Post by dylanpyle » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 2:09 AM UTC

Very cool idea - you might want to make it a bit clearer that the sender has to keep the window open (initially I assumed it simply wasn't loading because of technical issues).

Re: Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#3

Post by atarian » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 2:10 AM UTC

Was this made at the LinkedIn hack day last year? I think I remember seeing this when I was there.

EDIT: Yes http://twitter.com/JustBeamIt/status/124645928228495360

Re: Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#4

Post by UnsungHero97 » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 2:13 AM UTC

atarian wrote: post #3

Was this made at the LinkedIn hack day last year? I think I remember seeing this when I was there. EDIT: Yes http://twitter.com/JustBeamIt/status/124645928228495360

Yup! It was born at the first annual LinkedIn intern hackathon last summer :)

Re: Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#5

Post by UnsungHero97 » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 2:14 AM UTC

dylanpyle wrote: post #2

Very cool idea - you might want to make it a bit clearer that the sender has to keep the window open (initially I assumed it simply wasn't loading because of technical issues).

thanks for the suggestion! we'll put up some kind of notification to remind you to keep your browser window open

Re: Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#6

Post by halefx » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 2:14 AM UTC

JustBeamIt is great, but why are you posting this again now?

A Lifehacker article[1] about it was posted a year ago, and you even posted it on HN[2] a year ago.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3116057

2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3109081

Re: Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#7

Post by UnsungHero97 » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 2:15 AM UTC

halefx wrote: post #6

JustBeamIt is great, but why are you posting this again now? A Lifehacker article[1] about it was posted a year ago, and you even posted it on HN[2] a year ago. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3116057 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3109081

we just released an updated version and wanted to tell the world about it

Re: Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#8

Post by ericdykstra » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 2:50 AM UTC

halefx wrote: post #6

JustBeamIt is great, but why are you posting this again now? A Lifehacker article[1] about it was posted a year ago, and you even posted it on HN[2] a year ago. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3116057 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3109081

I think the "v2.0" part of the title addresses why it was posted again.

Re: Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#9

Post by skiltz » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 2:55 AM UTC

Didn't work for me - Dragged file (jpg) using Chrome (Version 22.0.1229.94 m) opened link in IE 9 (9.0.8112.16421). Went to 100% on chrome once link was opened then just stuck on "waiting for response from justbeamit.com" in IE. Seems like a cool idea.

Re: Show HN: JustBeamIt v2.0 - file transfer made easier

#10

Post by UnsungHero97 » Wed, Oct 17, 2012, 2:57 AM UTC

skiltz wrote: post #9

Didn't work for me - Dragged file (jpg) using Chrome (Version 22.0.1229.94 m) opened link in IE 9 (9.0.8112.16421). Went to 100% on chrome once link was opened then just stuck on "waiting for response from justbeamit.com" in IE. Seems like a cool idea.

you might have to enable file downloads in your security settings in IE... have you tried using non-IE browsers? if it works for you with another browser, then the issue must be a security setting in IE (which is something I've had to manually enable when I was testing this out)