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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by martylamb on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @09:41AM (#43343159)
Very nice. It reminds me of a similar all-in-browser file transfer tool I built ages ago called nearshare. This was WAY before webrtc was a thing so my approach was to actually run a web server in the browser via a java applet. :)

https://martiansoftware.com/nearshare/

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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by catlikesshrimp on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @12:03PM (#43344648)
>>The approach was simple, but relied on technologies that are now obsolete.

Does obsolete mean deprecated or removed?

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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by martylamb on Thursday March 13, 2025 @08:19AM (#43352526)
First the one, then the other. :)

It used LiveConnect[0] to talk to the UI-less java applet[1] hosting the web server. It was a weird (and therefore kind of fun!) combination.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPAPI#LiveConnect

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_applet

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