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I am working on an open source framework which connects nodes for collaboration and p2p transfer. I started off with WebRTC at the core but have since made it optional transport due to lack of portability. Snapdrop is amazing but if you give up on WebRTC you can use QR code for discovery and transfer files even when not on the same network.
It's not really an AirDrop equivalent if it requires you to be on the same network. AirDrop is really useful when you're out and about somewhere and you want to send someone a file. In those cases there's possibly not a WiFi available or in the case of visitors to your home; only you are on the network, not your friend. So I would not see the point of using this instead of AirDrop unless you have to send a file to so…
Maybe Snapdrop can do something similar with the new Bluetooth Web APIs.
Is there a static, single html version of this? So I can host it on my cheap OpenWRT router with minimal effort.
Is there an audio chat equivalent of this? When I'm playing networked games with my kids from separate rooms, we often have to resort to overkill utilities like Whatsapp / Discord / etc.
Is there an audio chat equivalent of this? When I'm playing networked games with my kids from separate rooms, we often have to resort to overkill utilities like Whatsapp / Discord / etc.
I imagine WebRTC might require some sort of server as well, so I don't think you can get something purely in browser on all machines, but if you learn about anything let me know!
It's not really an AirDrop equivalent if it requires you to be on the same network. AirDrop is really useful when you're out and about somewhere and you want to send someone a file. In those cases there's possibly not a WiFi available or in the case of visitors to your home; only you are on the network, not your friend. So I would not see the point of using this instead of AirDrop unless you have to send a file to so…
I really don't understand HN's obsession with webrtc based file sharing tools. 1 of these is posted every 6 months or so, Every version of it is doing more or less the same thing and every time it gets to the front page and stays on it for a while. What's happening?
I guess they seem to solve a common difficulty (cross-device file sharing), but in the end they are not good enough to be widely adopted, and they get forgotten.
It's not really an AirDrop equivalent if it requires you to be on the same network. AirDrop is really useful when you're out and about somewhere and you want to send someone a file. In those cases there's possibly not a WiFi available or in the case of visitors to your home; only you are on the network, not your friend. So I would not see the point of using this instead of AirDrop unless you have to send a file to so…
To be fair, AirDrop requires you to be on the same network as well, as otherwise the devices don't have any way of communicating. If you're already on the same WiFi, it'll use WiFi but if not, it'll connect to each other via Bluetooth (eg, connecting to the same network [a network of two devices]), but the setup of the connection is automatic. Maybe Snapdrop can do something similar with the new Bluetooth Web APIs.