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Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser

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Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser

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Post by lerxst »

This is really cool!

Initially, I tried using this between a computer on my 2.4 GHz band and a computer on my 5 GHz band, and I guess the JavaScript wasn't able to determine the local IP addresses. However, after switching to the same frequency it worked.

Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser

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Post by szimek »

skrowl wrote: post #6

It sounded interesting until: Allow www.sharedrop.io to run "Adobe Flash"? Then: We're really sorry, but your browser is not supported. Please use the latest Chrome for Desktop or Android or Opera. Firefox support is coming soon! So basically, this is a webkit app, not a HTML5 app?

I think I've figured out why it asked for Flash. I forgot to remove socket.io related files that we were using before switching to Firebase.

Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser

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Post by jonalmeida »

nashashmi wrote: post #42
NathanKP wrote: post #10

This is really amazing! I had a bit of trouble on my first attempt because I was connected to a VPN, so ShareDrop was considering me to be in the 10.* range (my local IP address on the VPN) while my coworker on the same router showed up in the 192.* range. I was able to send him a file, but he obviously couldn't send me one back because he wasn't connected to the same VPN. Once I disconnected from the VPN then ShareD…

I believe it is the public IP address and not the local IP address that brings everyone to the same page.

I don't think that's true. I'm connected to a VPN using the built-in VPN client but none of my traffic is going through it (i.e. Send all traffic over VPN connection is unchecked) and my public IP is still the one that my phone has.

EDIT: It seems that the displayed IP is only incorrect, but the service still works over your local IP.

Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser

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Post by dhfromkorea »

szimek wrote: post #15
snikch wrote: post #8

I had a look at doing this myself recently to do iPhone -> Laptop transfers. Does this work for mobile -> desktop? I didn't think that WebRTC was available on mobile safari and therefore wouldn't work.

It depends on what you mean by "mobile" :) It works between Chrome on Android and desktop. Unfortunately, Safari (neither desktop nor mobile) doesn't support WebRTC.

This is really cool. I am curious why Chrome on iOS wasn't made available yet? (i.e. if there was technical roadblock that made it difficult for you to do so.)

Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser

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Post by Angostura »

skrowl wrote: post #6

It sounded interesting until: Allow www.sharedrop.io to run "Adobe Flash"? Then: We're really sorry, but your browser is not supported. Please use the latest Chrome for Desktop or Android or Opera. Firefox support is coming soon! So basically, this is a webkit app, not a HTML5 app?

It's not a Webkit app - it rejects the latest version of Safari on Mac too - and you can't get much Webkittier than that.
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