Marchsend: Web-based P2P File Sharing between Browsers

Until now, sharing a file between 2 parties has to rely on an intermediate service such email. But recently Yahoo introduces Yahoo! BrowserPlus, a plug in that allows Web app acting like a desktop app. (see cool services shown by YBP).

Marchsend is one of Web app the takes advantage of YBP to provide file sharing between 2 browsers with no third party involved.

The process goes:

• Bob navigates to the site, and drags files onto it
• Bob then sends his uniquely generated link to Alice
• Alice opens the link, can see Bob’s shared files, and downloads them

The file transfer is direct between users – it isn’t sent to any third party servers. This means it’s fast, and secure.

Files on the same network will transfer locally, greatly speeding up the process.

It also means there are no bandwidth bills to host the application, so it’ll be offered free, for unlimited size transfers (Machsend can transfer gigabytes without a problem).

Machsend is cross platform, and will work with about 85% of routers. It uses Yahoo BrowserPlus, which can be installed from within the browser, without a restart.

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