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If you build websites, you inevitably run into problems. Maybe there’s no way to achieve an aspect of your design using CSS. Or maybe there’s a device feature you really wish you could tap into using JavaScript. Or perhaps the in-browser DevTools don’t give you a key insight you need to do your job. We want to hear about it!
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I want high-performance, error-tolerant downloads for very large files. #505

Open WebWeWantBot opened 2 years ago

WebWeWantBot commented 2 years ago

title: I want high-performance, error-tolerant downloads for very large files. date: 2021-10-19T23:57:17.963Z submitter: Annette Greiner number: 616f5b5d2e44471a5a03d108 tags: [ ] discussion: https://github.com/WebWeWant/webwewant.fyi/discussions/ status: [ discussing || in-progress || complete ] related:

I build web apps and portals for high-performance scientific computing. One of the most common requests from users at our facility is to help them share large data files. Most users initially assume they can just share files by enabling access via the web, but then it ends up taking hours, or days, or (most commonly) just too darn long to download the files via http. The best solution at present is to use Globus, which offers high-performance, error-tolerant data transfers. But it requires both sharers and recipients signing up for the service, often installing software to create an endpoint, or having access at a center that has it installed. This limits data sharing among scientists and across domains.

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Malvoz commented 2 years ago

Related: https://github.com/WICG/background-fetch.