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
#2seriously cool stuff
Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser
#3Cool, but one major advantage to airdrop is that it doesn't require a local network at all, so you can airdrop even without any wifi AP in range.
Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser
#4Cool, but one major advantage to airdrop is that it doesn't require a local network at all, so you can airdrop even without any wifi AP in range.
Sure, we mention it even in the README (https://github.com/cowbell/sharedrop/blob/master/README.md). There's probably a workaround if you have a phone with internet access - you could create a local WiFi network on it and connect to ShareDrop through it. Haven't tried it though.
Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser
#5really cool and helpful.
Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser
#6It 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?
Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser
#7Cool but this isn't really P2P since it uploads the file to the server and then downloads it on the other side.
Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser
#8I 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.
Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser
#9Something similar (with a server in the middle) for androidcomputer is EZ Drop: http://ez.dropper.co
Re: Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser
#10This 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 ShareDrop starting using my local 192.* IP address instead of my remote VPN address and it worked both ways.