On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 14:28 -0400, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > I have imagined being able to connect to a client browser and push changes > to the client rather than have something sit on the client side and > periodically wait for updates. > or only update when the client refreshes the page manually. both of those > antiquated options are ugly. the push technique discussed in this email is > essentially leveraging > the Observer design pattern. As i said i imagined it could be achieved via > ajax, but wasnt sure on the implementation. > im curious now to see it in action and pour through the Xaja code for the > answer to the riddle! > btw. > i found myelf thinking of the pronouciation as ZahJah. I haven't looked at the code for Xaja and in no way do I want to subtract from its potential, but I'm going to guess that in some way it holds the HTTP connection open and as such is an expensive feature. Also, I'm not entirely sure, but isn't that the principle that Comet uses? Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ........................................................... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
