[ale] What technology is used on chat web pages?

[Christopher Fowler]

On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 09:32:29AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >Keep the page lean and set a autorefresh in a metatag
> 
> That really isn't a reasonable solution, although I've seen it done.  I 
> guess it depends on what your intended use is.
> 
> But, say I'm on the chat page, entering something, suddenly it 
> refreshes. That's assuming the design is a single window or multiple 
> frames.  Still, you have this distracting refresh.  I think a smarter 
> solution is needed such as a client/server java app.

Correct.  Java would be the best solution for that.  I use BitchX for
my chatting

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