From e2a1650ce5d43f04105e3b91ba05807d158e191e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: RobinLinus Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 01:45:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 17 +++++++---------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ae84945..d0cba5c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Snapdrop is inspired by Apple's Airdrop, but is a Progressive Web App built with Polymer and Web RTC. -#### Snapdrop is built with the following awesome technologies -* What is [Polymer](polymer-project.org) +#### Snapdrop is built with the following awesome technologies: +*[Polymer](polymer-project.org) * [Polymer Starter Kit](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/polymer-starter-kit/) * [Polymer Elements](https://elements.polymer-project.org/browse) * [WebRTC](http://webrtc.org/) @@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ Snapdrop is inspired by Apple's Airdrop, but is a Progressive Web App built with ### Frequently Asked Questions -##### What about the connection? It's a P2P-connection directly from device to device or is there any third-party-server? -It uses a P2P connection when WebRTC is supported by the browser. (WebRTC needs a Signaling Server, but it is only used to establish a connection and is not involved in the file transfer). +##### What about the connection? Is it a P2P-connection directly from device to device or is there any third-party-server? +It uses a P2P connection if WebRTC is supported by the browser. (WebRTC needs a Signaling Server, but it is only used to establish a connection and is not involved in the file transfer). If WebRTC isn’t supported (Safari, IE) it uses a Web Sockets fallback for the file transfer. The server connects the clients with a stream. -##### What about privacy? Will send files be saved on third-party-servers? -None of your files are ever saved on any server. If you are curious have a look [at the Server](https://github.com/capira12/snapdrop/blob/master/server/ws-server.js) -Snapdrop doesn't even use cookies or a database. +##### What about privacy? Will files be saved on third-party-servers? +None of your files are ever saved on any server. +Snapdrop doesn't even use cookies or a database. If you are curious have a look [at the Server](https://github.com/capira12/snapdrop/blob/master/server/ws-server.js) It does use Google Analytics. ##### Is SnapDrop a fork of ShareDrop? @@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ I wanted to play around with Progressive Web Apps and then I got the idea to clo ShareDrop uses WebRTC only and isn't compatible with Safari Browsers. Snapdrop uses a Websocket fallback and some hacks to make Snapdrop work due to the download restrictions on iDevices. -##### Where can I see the source? -[Github](https://github.com/capira12/snapdrop) - ### Snapdrop is awesome! How can I support it? * [Buy me a cup of coffee](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FDAHZJH3228D6) * Help me to scale the server! My server is going crazy in the last hour. If you know how to scale nodejs apps (maybe heroku expert?) please write me at robin@capira.de !