Aaron, this will lead you to more resources explanations about Comet http://cometd.com/
hth On 30/01/07, Aaron Heimlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you don't mind my asking, what exactly is comet? On 1/30/07, Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The new hipness is comet (new for me, @ least), & this plugin will > take care of the inconsistencies between browser capability for > streaming. > > - For IE, it uses the ihtmldocument2/iframe hack, as used with gtalk > & described in http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=538 > - Mozilla & Opera use xmlhttprequest, with slightly different > implementations. > - Safari & Konqueror (webkit) currently is not supported, due to lack > of support for xmlhttpreqest's interactive readystate. I have not > tried to adjust the iframe technique for this browser engine yet, so > I don't know if it's possible. > > Comet still requires a server-side component for efficient > processing, but @ the simplest level, all that's needed is a while > loop with a sleep call (example uses this technique). > > I don't consider this a full release yet, as there are several > modifications I plan to make, but feel free to comment & offer > suggestions about how to make it more efficient. > > Example: > http://empireenterprises.com/_comet.html > > -g > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > -- Aaron Heimlich Web Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://aheimlich.freepgs.com _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
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