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Everything else / Re: Webd, similar to HFS, only 90KB
« Last post by mzw18667 on July 11, 2024, 12:12:39 PM »Keep in mind that it could take several years before a software gets wider usage. HFS needed 10 to 20 years to get on the position is today. It's not something that happens overnight, no matter how much you want to promote it. Too much promotion, could even be counterproductive, since it might look as something negative for some users. Adding advertisement to software is something that also scare off users, especially in English-speaking countries.Yes, it take years for webd get popular in my native language world too.
I have already disabled ads for most languages, but the webui part of Webd still makes external requests. People with computer knowledge can easily block it. Many even use Webd in intranet environments isolated from the internet, and it still functions properly in such cases.
Yes, that's true. And those who use PC and run a permanent web server, will probably look for something more powerful/robust to handle a lot of traffic/users (concurrent connections), and they might already use Nginx, Apache, Lighttpd, LiteSpeed Web Server or similar (since they could be computer experts). People in the know are not afraid of using complex software. Personally, although I have some advanced computer knowledge, I always try to keep things simple. That's why I love HFS, because it can be very simple to use, but also very complex if needed.Nowadays, many software programs are too bulky and cumbersome to use and configure, which is one of the motivations behind my development of Webd. This software has indeed helped many people. Many are starting to dislike flashy but impractical software.
If I'm not mistaken, you are from China, and people from there are smarter/intelligent (more geeky persons, open to test new technologies), than in English-speaking countries. There you all could be more comfortable to seeing advertisements than here too. That could be the reason why Webd is very popular there. I have a big respect (and admiration) for people from your country, but you should know that not everyone here have the same concept of your country (the world is very divided today). I do not get carried away by what others say, I evaluate and value people, I do not follow pre-established precepts. However, I am always very cautious when trying new software, no matter what country it comes from (and I like privacy-friendly software).I speak Chinese, but that doesn't mean I am from China. There are other countries where similar forms of Chinese are spoken, such as Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and communities in many other parts of the world. Because I speak Chinese, I have a better understanding of the situation there. What you see is just the surface; the underlying reason is the severe exploitation, both overt and covert, in that region. People act that way merely as a means of survival.
I also don't have too many friends (I prefer quality friends, to quantity of semi-acquaintances), but you can count on me to help you out, on whatever is possible to me, given my very limited free time. I always try to be active on this forum, helping people who need something (you can find me here and also on Twitter). Well, I have nothing more to say, I hope other users here can leave their opinion about your program.May I ask why you don't have enough free time? In my impression, programmers in the Western world have plenty of free time and a decent standard of living, which allows them to contribute to the open-source community. Some programmers who have immigrated to Western countries say the same thing.
Rejetto (the author of HFS) would like if you try his new HFS3, and leave your opinion about it.
I developed this software years ago, inspired by HFS. At that time, I wanted a similar software that could run on Linux, in terminal without GUI.
But now I don't have a suitable environment to run the new version of HFS, only a few spare computers running Windows 7.
but please don't panic. After testing "Webd", HTTP Web Server (webd.cf/webd), everything seems to be fine (at least, at first sight it works), but when I've analyzed with an "online antivirus" (which does a sandbox analysis), the results were not so good. I've thought it was only a 'false positive', but 24hs later of testing 'Webd', my graphics card suddenly died (nothing really important, since I've tested this on an unimportant PC), but I can't be 100% sure if this was a mere coincidence or not.