On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Tom Chiverton wrote: > On Monday 29 Sep 2008, Ian Skinner wrote: >> connected to receive content. The closest you can get with these >> technologies is to regularly pull updated data from the client. I.E. >> Set a function on the client to check the server for new data every X >> seconds. > > There are actually several ways to simulate server PUSH in AJAX applications, > using variations on the 'long request' trick which holds the HTTP connection > open. > See the first Google hit: > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ajax+push&btnG=Search
The long request trick has been hit or miss for me. There are webservers that are really aimed at AJAX, I'd think about looking into them if you're getting serious about it. There's this, too: http://cometdproject.dojotoolkit.org/ HIH! -- We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element. Samuel Alexander ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313301 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
