Thank you for your very instructive informaiton. "Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ........... ........... > > Pod> The main stream window will be long-live opened for clients; > > Not needed at all. Client meta-refresh is the proper way to go. >
I have two two reasons not to use "Refresh": 1) The chat window makes a feeling of "in hurry" if it refreshes every few seconds. A continuous stream of message will look much better. (maybe a Javascript can do it ?) 2) If the server gets many simultanuous clients, refreshings bring extra hits to the server. For example, if the refresh rate is 3 seconds, then 1000 connections = 330/s hits, a big number. POE is based on non-blocking multiplex model so does not have such an overhead, true ? Pod
