Yopp
Infrastructure
self-hosted file transfer
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.46.
Idea: 0 for, 7 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, minimal UX with few steps
From 2 comments
The beauty of this lies in how simple it is. I love it!
ashnehete on HNYes but not really. Imagine it is uploaded on phone. The URL is https://send.firefox.com/share/bec9e0497c. Will you spend 30 seconds writing this URL in the URL bar of your…
josephernest on HN
Objections
Requires a publicly reachable PHP web server, adding setup complexity
From 2 comments
>Will you spend 30 seconds writing this URL in the URL bar of your computer browser? (oh no, I made a typo in the URL, let's start again...) Firefox lets you send a tab/link to…
ac29 on HNThis is very cool! But you need to have a device with a reachable public IP address. For those that don't, Micah Lee's https://onionshare.org/ is a decent option. But routinely,…
mirimir on HN
AirDrop-style alternatives already work for some users
From 2 comments
AirDrop works pretty flawlessly if you're using an iPhone and Mac, which is fortunately + by choice my only setup / workflow.
blkhp19 on HNFor us AirDrop only works sometimes. It cannot be trusted to work. We have two ipads, two iphones, two Macs. Some new, some old. In general AirDrop only works between some…
Gys on HN
Requests
Support auto negotiation between browsers without a server
From 1 comment
Shame the server needs to be there. Would be good if you could do some auto negotiation between two browsers. Partner 'still' has failed to liberate photos from smartphone.
keypress on HN
Ability to register as an Android share target
From 2 comments
Is there a way a web app can add itself to the Android ACTION_SEND intent list? That would make it simpler.
mkj on HNPlease ping me if you find a solution for this (please post on https://github.com/josephernest/Yopp/issues), I'm highly interested!
josephernest on HN
Questions
Can it transfer multiple files at once
From 1 comment
How do you transfer a bunch on pictures rather than just one ? I just go in the gallery, select the pictures and share them with Box. Would be the same with Dropbox, can't you…
jpl56 on HN
Alternatives named
KDE Connect
From 1 comment
For the Linux users: Try KDE Connect, it is amazing! You can easily share files in both directions and you have a shared clipboard which makes exchanging short texts and urls…
yoodenvranx on HN
ShareDrop
From 1 comment
or you can use ShareDrop[1]. No need to download any native app. 1. https://www.sharedrop.io
smurfpandey on HN
Pushbullet
From 2 comments
What about Pushbullet. I've been using it for a while it seems to have meet a "good enough" requirement for me.
stefanpie on HNI have a mac and an Android phone. I use Pushbullet to send links, paste screenshots and it appears you can send files back and forth, too (I've never done it).
dplgk on HN
WeTransfer and email
From 1 comment
I may be not using the latest and greatest, but email works pretty well for me... if I need more than 10mb, I use wetransfer. Sure it goes through the internet, but yes I don't…
d--b on HN
AirDrop
From 1 comment
AirDrop works pretty flawlessly if you're using an iPhone and Mac, which is fortunately + by choice my only setup / workflow.
blkhp19 on HN