On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 14:59 -0400, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > > On 7/13/07, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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? > > As i said ive only imagined such a feature. In my imagination i > wonder if it is possible to > track the clients address in a data structure within the application. > Then a connection could be > established whenever a push was needed. This isn't possible since you can't request a connection to the client's machine. Only the other way around. > I also think the app would have to track the last page > a user requested in order to realize such an implementation. This > *should* be feasible using > sessions because whenever the client makes a new request the last page > variable could be updated. > I havent seen nor heard of Comet; would you mind providing a link? http://ajaxian.com/archives/comet-a-new-approach-to-ajax-applications 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
