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

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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 :)

Sweet, glad to see you're still going through with it! I think other than that crazy WebGL game, you guys got the most props from James Gosling.

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

#13

Awesome! Most of the file transfer sites I've used before required uploading the entire file before letting you download anything. The ability to stream is a big plus. Is there a limit to file size?

not at the moment, and not planning on putting a restriction on file size :)

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

#14

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).

Also a loading gif or something. The pages makes it look like nothing is happening. There is no progress indicator.

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

#15
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Sweet, glad to see you're still going through with it! I think other than that crazy WebGL game, you guys got the most props from James Gosling.

thanks! it was incredible to hear James Gosling say good things!

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

#16

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).

Also a loading gif or something. The pages makes it look like nothing is happening. There is no progress indicator.

there are progress updates, but only after the file begins transferring. also, we can't show you progress in IE, so we just show an animated spinning gif (only in IE)... what browser are you using, and at which step in the process do you feel that we're lacking progress updates?

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

#17
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.

I put that up after the comment to make it more clear ;)

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

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post #18

Love it. You're plainly trying to keep it simple, but how about a speed indicator next to the progress percentage?

that's an awesome idea and i hope we can figure it out one day :P our attempts so far have been unsuccessful. if you have any ideas as to how to do this, send them our way!

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

#20

Awesome! Most of the file transfer sites I've used before required uploading the entire file before letting you download anything. The ability to stream is a big plus. Is there a limit to file size?

not at the moment, and not planning on putting a restriction on file size :)

Does the data transfer go through your website's servers, or is it direct from uploader to downloader? Is the transfer encrypted?

Thanks!

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