Ok, the amount of new browser abilities being added at the moment is quite astounding. Almost to the point of where it's rather annoying that I don't have the spare time to experiment. However, something that I think I will set aside time for is something that I've just read about on the "What's new" with FireFox v6 page.
- http://www.w3.org/TR/eventsource/
- http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/06/a-wall-powered-by-eventsource-and-server-sent-events/
Now true, what is being suggested has always been achievable on a web page, I should know I've built a few js-based and flash-based messengers/communicators in my time. However, it was always quite a lot of work. By the looks of it this EventSource object would definitely simplify the client-side coding. May be I should dust off the v2 designs I had for DontShoot (my old flash based messenger)... :)
Ah... actually, scrub that. It looks like WebSockets might be back in FireFox 6 too! Nice... that should be far more flexible than just one way communication!
- http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/start-using-html5-websockets-today/
- http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/05/aurora-6-is-here/
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