ProjectsiMA fully web-based instant messaging program.This is an impressive little app, rather than have to download a Java or ActiveX component to do IM (or chat), this program uses Javascript to talk to the webserver in the background. The page is never reloaded, it just tells the javascript functions to send information and when new info is received it dynamically adds it to the appropriate areas. It supports your standard buddy list as well as signon and signoff sounds. It utilizes a new technique that I discovered whereby I imbed an iframe that communicates with the server (rather than have the ASP page postback). It is pretty cool but largly unstable (I haven't abstracted the functions for multi-purpose use, just for IM). It wouldn't be that hard to rewrite them as general send and receive functions, but I don't have time. NOTE: This was originally written for a friend's website, but he never went live... I will see if I can post it as a standalone app. NOTE: Ok, I got it here. I have created four test accounts (Guest1, Guest2, Guest3, Guest4). Go ahead and try it out on your computer (two computers preferably). Keep in mind that I wrote this nearly 3 years ago so it is kinda rough (and it was a rough version anyways). Oh! the password for all those accounts is '1234'. |
