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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 alucardo »

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…

Fantastic, 3 minutes after clicking on your website, i was watching the ISS passing by at my window.

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

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Post by mywacaday »

modeless wrote: post #42
mywacaday wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazing, minor nitpick it shows the ISS as visible over Ireland at approx 9pm tonight, pretty bright in Ireland at that time at this time of year, will check and report back if it was visible. Great work, you have amazing talent!

Thanks! ISS is very bright; bright enough that it is sometimes even visible before sunset if you know exactly where to look! It's fun to try to spot it in a bright sky although it can be difficult. Let me know if you find it!

Cloudy night, will try again soon.

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

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Post by bondant »

akamoonknight wrote: post #26

I feel like this isn't exactly what you're asking for, but the storytelling in: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football feels like it opened up new my thoughts on how something could be communicated via the medium of the Internet and just made me think to some extent how woefully underutilized the browser/internet has been used as a story telling medium (at least to my limited experiences of these things)

Many thanks for the link, I think that's the most interesting and original thing I've read (or experienced?) this year ! :D

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 #65
brailsafe wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I know its off, I have lots of things switched off, my point was the message wasnt that useful and one way you could improve the message to guide potential visitors to help them switch it on, if they wanted to, was to use the bug detection to really test if the browser is what it say is before giving the guidance to switch on stuff in a browser. Over engineered perhaps, but still valid.

I suppose technically it's imprecise, but erring towards cautionary rather than suggesting they switch stuff on. Someone comfortable with switching stuff on might go looking for it if they know what's up.

I used to do more precise messages like you're suggesting, but such a make or break feature I'd probably just be vague about it. MS edge incidentally is fine. It does what it does.

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

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Post by brokenmachine »

have_faith wrote: post #82
Gigachad wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

> average user > you upload it to cloud storage and share a link I'd wager a miniscule amount of people know how to do this.

What does the average user do to share a video?

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

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Post by kleer001 »

I don't understand. It's Turing complete. You can do whatever you want. A browser is an Os. Sandboxed, sure.

Is this a fashion thing? Going past 5,000+ years of text?

Lots of colors, making sounds, motion. What else do you want? We're not getting smell. Haptics are kinky and nobody cares.

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Post by brokenmachine »

balloob wrote: post #3

ESP Web Tools uses WebSerial to allow users to install, update and manage firmware running on ESP microcontrollers: https://esphome.github.io/esp-web-tools/

Something feels wrong to me that that only works in Chrome and Edge.

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

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Post by brrrrrm »

kleer001 wrote: post #118

I don't understand. It's Turing complete. You can do whatever you want. A browser is an Os. Sandboxed, sure. Is this a fashion thing? Going past 5,000+ years of text? Lots of colors, making sounds, motion. What else do you want? We're not getting smell. Haptics are kinky and nobody cares.

> We're not getting smell.

why not? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181127092549.h...

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