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Show HN: Send huge files, pause in the middle and continue

40 pointsby oronalmost 11 years ago

11 comments

mind_heistalmost 11 years ago
Pretty Cool Stuff :)<p>Here are some observations &amp; Questions :<p>1. Looks like you decide the number of chunks the file is divided into before you start uploading. How do you decide this ? (ie) the algorithm used ..is the chunk size a function of network&#x27;s bandwidth &amp; throughput . Or is it a standard chunk size ?<p>flowChunkNumber:6 flowChunkSize:512000 &lt;&lt;===== This one here flowCurrentChunkSize:512000 flowTotalSize:5005687 flowIdentifier:5005687-emc_celera__Command_Reference_Manualpdf flowFilename:emc_celera__Command_Reference_Manual.pdf flowRelativePath:emc_celera__Command_Reference_Manual.pdf flowTotalChunks:9<p>2. How do you generate the random file name ? I suppose this is one the standard algorithms. Curious<p><a href="http://dropjar.com/#&quot;3MaYQK4&quot;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dropjar.com&#x2F;#&quot;3MaYQK4&quot;</a><p>3.I suppose you are using statcounter &amp; google analytics. What are some of the parameters you are looking at your end? (like #of files uploaded etc., )<p>4. Even if I change the name of the file (or) move the file to another location when the upload is inflight ; it still sucessfully continues to upload the originally intended file.Are you precaching this somewhere ? Is there a copy stored in the temp folder ?<p>5. What are you using to compress the files before they start upload ?
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davidmkingalmost 11 years ago
Very similar to MinBox which I&#x27;ve used a bit. Minbox is cool because it works on your desktop and allows the recipient to trigger the donwnload while its being sent. Haven&#x27;t used it in a while though <a href="https://minbox.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;minbox.com&#x2F;</a>
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narsilalmost 11 years ago
Nice app. Plupload (<a href="https://github.com/moxiecode/plupload" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;moxiecode&#x2F;plupload</a> ) is an open source library that also allows you to upload large files. I&#x27;ve used it in projects before, such as a file explorer for Cloud Storage services (Box, Dropbox, etc.) that also allows for local file upload: <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/pseudonumos/PB565/embedded/result/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;jsfiddle.net&#x2F;pseudonumos&#x2F;PB565&#x2F;embedded&#x2F;result&#x2F;</a>
Iftheshoefitsalmost 11 years ago
That&#x27;s pretty nice. I recently slapped a (buggy) sharing application together for Android so my wife could &quot;send&quot; large(-ish) videos to friends and family directly from the Gallery&#x2F;Photo app, via the &quot;Share&quot; option, since files of a certain size are disallowed from the e-mail service she uses.<p>I think this is far more useful for these kinds of &quot;one-off&quot; shares than going through a series of third-party gates like Dropbox for example, especially if the intended recipients don&#x27;t have accounts on those sites.
fatalissalmost 11 years ago
What about privacy of the data? Where is it going? Is it stored encrypted?
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redmalmost 11 years ago
Nice UI design, I really like the bottle theme! It&#x27;s a well-implemented service, with value in its simplicity and singular function. I’ve seen a many, many similar services start the same exact way and they ultimately all add features and complexity, which takes them away from the simplicity that make them interesting.
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gabipurcarualmost 11 years ago
Shameless plug: I&#x27;ve created a library[0] that is similar in scope, but uploads to Amazon S3. If you find dropjar interesting you might want to check out this too.<p>[0] <a href="http://mule-uploader.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mule-uploader.com&#x2F;</a>
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ckevincover 10 years ago
Odd, I upload a file and it doesn&#x27;t seem to give me any sort of link.<p><a href="http://imgur.com/LpwJ3Nn" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;LpwJ3Nn</a><p>Running Chrome 36.0.1985.143 on OS X
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fnbralmost 11 years ago
Cool service. It fits a nice niche as I have coworkers who don&#x27;t have Dropbox (or Drive, Box, etc.) installed, so I can just send them a link to this site instead. I&#x27;ll test it with them and see how it goes.
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magic5227almost 11 years ago
Suggestion, after i drop something then ask me who to email it to and auto generate a link. save me a step if i want to just copy&#x2F;paste a link.
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untilHellbannedalmost 11 years ago
Cool landing page. What&#x27;s next after the the initial push? Are you going to make an API?
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