Show HN: My weekend project (split screen surfing)

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by rchiba • 15 years ago

71 19 15 years ago

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I wanted to surf the 'net with my girlfriend, so I built this.

yariang2• 15 years ago

Do you really want to provide yet another way to "goof around in class?" :)

steve-howard• 15 years ago

Can there ever be enough ways? Then again, when I goof around in class it's because I'm zoning out the textbook regurgitation in favor of whatever idea strikes me. 90% of the time it's HN or reddit anyway, but every now and again I try to build something.

diN0bot• 15 years ago

is there an app like this that is more general split screen share? or split terminal share?

i don't like how screen shares (skype, webex) are one-way, and require passing a baton back and forth. when you sit next to someone, you can each look on each others' screens seemlessly.

foob• 15 years ago

GNU screen supports this functionality and it is very useful. A google for '"gnu screen" "multiuser on"' should turn up a number of tutorials that explain in detail how to use it. To also split the terminal into multiple screens you should search for '"gnu screen" "split screen"'.

pyrhho• 15 years ago

or tmux, which is does the same thing as screen.

hasenj• 15 years ago

What happens when person A is logged in to say, gmail? What does B see? A's gmail or B's gmail?

rchiba2• 15 years ago

Currently, the extension will show B's gmail to person B, and A's email to person A. All that's being transferred is URL and position data.

AndrewWorsnop2• 15 years ago

yeah doesn't seem to work for me. Keeps "Waiting for connection"...

rchiba2• 15 years ago

My server has had issues using websockets to connect to clients with high latency, so if you're faraway from where I'm hosting it (Northern California), it may not connect. Also, I haven't done load testing, so this may be a cause as well.

angryasian• 15 years ago

when the permissions say "Your data on all websites" and its connecting to your server, what exactly do you see ? Cause I know with this permission it allows for example to see a banking site if we were on it.

joelhaasnoot• 15 years ago

Doesn't work well at all in Europe... Keeps saying "Waiting for connection". Was trying it with my gf, and she was connected to someone random...

AndrewWorsnop2• 15 years ago

Ok, I'm in Australia, so that would make sense :P

pkamb• 15 years ago

You should add a 'random' option.

yariang2• 15 years ago

Browsing roulette -- I like it. Startup idea? (Actually, jokes aside, a randomized split screen browsing service where you have some background on who you browse with sounds kind of interesting. It would be like a two-way human stumble upon)

ahmetalpbalkan• 15 years ago

Do they match users with passwords? Because someone can see your browsing while you're waiting for your friend and your password is a simple one.

ClintonWu• 15 years ago

Could be another nice user testing tool

tg3• 15 years ago

doesn't work for me. When I start a session it keeps saying waiting for connection, when someone tries to join it doesn't respond at all (no new window or anything).

naner• 15 years ago

Ever wanted to surf the Internet, but with someone else in split screen?

No, actually, not with someone else. With myself.

I recently began the process to hack on Chrome to add proper split screen support (I don't believe it can be done well with an extension), but the development process was so involved and the codebase was so much more massive than I'm used to dealing with that I decided to put this off until I have much more free time...

Omni5cience• 15 years ago

What's the backend look like?

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