[Lazarus] Sharing of large files

[Andrew Brunner]

On 04/18/2013 07:21 AM, Kostas Michalopoulos wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Andrew Brunner <atbrunner at aurawin.com 
> <mailto:atbrunner at aurawin.com>> wrote:
>
>     Well, the only thing I would suggest is to compare.  Aurawin
>     offers stream compression across all your devices.  And since it's
>     a virtualized desktop, it works on ANY HTML5 enabled device :-)
>     Further, Aurawin offers video streaming and conversion features
>     that take your camera videos and converts them to streamable Mpeg
>     formats.
>
>
> I'm sorry if i'll sound too negative, but... Aurawin is the worst kind 
> of the web-based bloatedness that started to spread the last few years.
>

Ok,  I can tell you are no fan of HTML5 :-(

> PLEASE PEOPLE STOP PUTTING ALL THIS #(*(@ ON THE BROWSER!

That's simply not going to happen.  There is a rising tide that is 
pushing HTML to new heights.

>
> It is like developers wake up every morning and come up with new 
> things to shove in the browser. The web wasn't made for this!

Wow.  That has to be the boldest statement I have ever heard.  On who's 
authority did you make that assessment?

> Maybe, but right now i'm on a network that serves downloads for 
> multiple users over the world and i *still* had to wait several 
> seconds in order to show a simple login form. My 4.77MHz XT could do 
> it faster than this.

First loading, your browser must cache the framework.  Subsequent loads 
are fast.

> I don't care for your bloatedness. Dropbox installs a small deamon 
> that syncs files across computers with little network usage. That is 
> all it does and doesn't need to do anything more!

Ah, so you are a minimalist.


> Stop bulletpoint driven development.

Care to elaborate?

>     I agree.  But both Microsoft and their flagship Windows product is
>     rapidly becoming irrelevant.
>
>
> Yeah, only everyone minus a tiny ~2% minority in the world uses 
> Windows. And my quote was only an example to show that Features Do Not 
> Matter. It is where the people go that matters.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/04/16/windows-its-over-tech-site-declares/

As HTML5+ becomes adopted you will see a shift in alliances towards 
independence.

I like to think that's what we're doing here.

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