Most decent chat applications are pure Java, but there are alternatives...
Check out AlohaPost here: http://aloha-webdesign.com An example is at the bottom of the home page. A friend of mine wrote it and it's pretty neat. I think it uses iFrames so it might be IE specific, but not sure. +-----------------------------------------------+ Bryan Love Macromedia Certified Professional Internet Application Developer Database Analyst TeleCommunication Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] +-----------------------------------------------+ "...'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace'..." - Thomas Paine, The American Crisis -----Original Message----- From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: OT: ecommerce live chat case study On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 05:37 , I-Lin Kuo wrote: > Has anybody every implemented a live chat? I'm > thinking of adding chat capability to an e-commerce > site so customers can ask questions as they shop > without picking up a phone. > How difficult is it? If you use Flash MX and the Flash Communication Server, this is pretty much trivial. The FlashCom UI Components for Flash make this almost a drag' n'drop exercise and FlashCom itself is very easy to script. The bonus about taking this approach is the ease with which you can integrate it with a ColdFusion MX web site... Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists