[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 03:40:37PM -0800, Gus Wirth wrote: >> This is total crap. If you need a persistent connection then don't use >> HTTP. It's that simple. Use telnet or ssh. Why are you trying to invent >> something that poorly implements something else that already exists? > > Because not everyone is a Gus Wirth. Imagine all those OLPC kids turning onto > the web for the first time. We want to offer them services even if they > don't want to become a sysadmin.
And you don't get it. An application will hide the protocol, the user doesn't need to know what is going on "under the covers". You seem to be unable to understand the difference between an underlying protocol that exchanges data and the application that presents the data to a user. The Mozilla platform is perfectly capable of using the telnet protocol to exchange data. I suggest you read "Rapid Application Development with Mozilla" by Nigel McFarlane , Prentice Hall. The book is somewhat dated but gives good insight into building applications with Mozilla/Firefox. For an older project that can link up apps, see http://protozilla.mozdev.org/ Gus -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
