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Re: chat on web, Ajax ? [message #177163 is a reply to message #177158] Fri, 24 February 2012 15:22 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
M. Strobel is currently offline  M. Strobel
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Am 24.02.2012 15:15, schrieb sl@exabyte:
>> I thought I have gathered all pieces I need, then suddenly I realise
>> there is still one problem.
>>
>> I am implementing chat on the web, ie on a browse. On browser, I can
>> only use javascript. So the problem is what method to use to listen
>> for incoming data.
>>
>> Ajax ? I am just wondering; Ajax does not seem to bother about port,
>> I mean the standard method is "open socket at server, port 8888...".
>>
>> Of course, when data is sent to a php file on server, it must be port
>> 80.
>> Is this the only way on a browser ?
>>
>
> After reading some material, it seems that a timer (for Ajax) is necessary
> to pool the server for messages.
>
> With java or C/C++, there is no timer, ie a client just listens on a socket,
> and it is notified once data is in. Correct me if I am wrong (ie the client
> does not pool the server in this case).
>
>

Replace "pool" by "poll" - a distorting typo...

/Str.
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