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Most people should run a static HTTP/1.1 webserver (after port forwarding 80) on their home PC so they can dump files into a directory to share them by sending
by superkuh 3y ago
Most people should run a static HTTP/1.1 webserver (after port forwarding 80) on their home PC so they can dump files into a directory to share them by sending the http://your.ip.address.here/directory/ http://your.ip.address.here/directory/ link via email or whatever.
When you use directories and files your OS itself is the natural interface and everything just works.
- ShamelessC 3y agoMost people can’t.
- quenix 3y agoProtip: if you have python installed you can just run python3 -m http.server 8080 to launch a web server in the current directory on port 8080.
- cl3misch 3y agoSure, but you can't upload from a client device. You can only provide exisiting files on the host.
- ranger_danger 3y agoNo, they shouldn't.
- jeroenhd 3y agoMost people with computers can right click and folder and hit share. SMB clients are built into any modern computer OS and various mobile devices (and apps are available for those devices that don't have it enabled by default). HTTP is clunky, unintuitive, and requires typing in IP addresses. It's not a natural interface to file sharing at all.