On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 08:55:56AM -0800, SJS wrote:
begin quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] as of Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 05:11:52PM -0800:
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 04:56:43PM -0800, SJS wrote:
> If you're going to have 'em run untrusted programs as a way of life, why not
> just have 'em download actual application programs?
First of all, I'm not sure if that is possible. How sophisticated
have Javascript client apps become? Could you download and run
say an entire tiny IM/IRC client app in your browser?
There are Java IRC applets out there all over the place.
I though the Java security model would allow an application to either
access local files, or access the network, just not both. I think
Javascript just prevents access to the filesystem, and normally forbids
access other than to the same host, port and protocol.
I suspect that Google Talk is just normal AJAX, where the communication is
strictly back to the same server serving the webpage. Any kind of IRC
connection would then be coming from there.
Dave
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