![]() I believe this can be achieved via a combination of httpfs and archivemount. ![]() Projects like the Internet Archive can make huge files available for immediate streaming on their website, without paying for bandwidth. If enough people end up running it, BitTorrent in the browser will really happen. I'm really excited about the way WebTorrent Desktop bridges the WebTorrent and BitTorrent networks. Tons of cool new uses of the web are just at the edge of becoming possible. Safari is almost certainly gonna get WebRTC support as well - it's already in WebKit, just not enabled in Safari yet. Edge is getting Data Channel support soon. ![]() Even today, Chrome has a few big bugs left ( eg ) and WebRTC is not yet supported in Web Workers ( ). WebRTC support in browsers was flaky and buggy until very recently. Every single page of Electron docs or code I've looked at on Github, the latest commit on it is zcbenz. He's incredibly prolific and seems to be nearly single-handedly developing the Electron project. Many of the little things that an app needs to feel native and professional have clean cross-platform APIs. System tray integrations, desktop notifications, launcher progress bar in OSX, installers for all three platforms, seamless auto updaters for Mac and Windows, a crash reporter, and so on - all built in. * Electron is surprisingly nice to work with. This is what Feross and I have been working on the past few weeks.
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