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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 frading »

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…

This is spendid. I've used other tools to spot the ISS previously, but this one makes it so intuitive. Great job.

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

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Post by Gigachad »

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

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

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Post by carlbarrdahl »

bambax wrote: post #33
carlbarrdahl wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you know if there's similar to a VST standard for WAM? Would be interested in the possibility of online DAWs that can import plugins and open up for marketplaces where developers can build and publish these.

I've been thinking about this too, and it would be cool. I'm pretty sure no such standard exists though.

Do you have any ideas on what such an api could look like?

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

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Post by singularity2001 »

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…

Too bad it doesnt work with Facebook blocked

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

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Post by mguerville »

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

When the file is very large and time if of the essence there’s value in the p2p share as I imagine the combined time of sender and recipient is less than the purely sequential steps of party A uploads THEN party B downloads. But for most use case I agree it’s a solved problem

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

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Post by Terry_Roll »

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…

Sorry Your browser does not support Web Assembly. Please upgrade your web browser. I recommend downloading Chrome.

Its the latest MS Edge, but a handy trick you might be interested in is to use detectable bugs to fingerprint a webbrowser. So Internet Explorer 6 might have a browser detectable javascript bug that 8 didnt have, or a bug might exist in IE but not firefox and if someone changed their browser agent ie firefox pretending to be IE, it was still possible to workout what the browser was and deliver code accordingly. :)

Of course some web browsers could be like looking at A Scanner Darkly character!

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

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Post by brailsafe »

Terry_Roll wrote: post #57
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…

Sorry Your browser does not support Web Assembly. Please upgrade your web browser. I recommend downloading Chrome. Its the latest MS Edge, but a handy trick you might be interested in is to use detectable bugs to fingerprint a webbrowser. So Internet Explorer 6 might have a browser detectable javascript bug that 8 didnt have, or a bug might exist in IE but not firefox and if someone changed their browser agent ie fir…

Do you have WASM enabled? A cursory search indicates it's not on by default

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

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Post by lioeters »

carlbarrdahl wrote: post #54
bambax wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been thinking about this too, and it would be cool. I'm pretty sure no such standard exists though.

Do you have any ideas on what such an api could look like?

If I understand correctly, WebAudioModules is itself such an API, a proposed standard.

https://www.webaudiomodules.org/developers/

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

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Post by anyfactor »

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…

Wow this is incredible. Can you add geostationary satellites too?
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