From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@...>
Date: 2004-12-15T22:14:54+09:00
Subject: Re: [ADV] Want to Write a Book?

* gabriele renzi <rff_rff@remove-yahoo.it> [1217 12:17]:
> Michael Neumann ha scritto:
> 
> >Not that I would make much use of it, as I think it's only usable in a 
> >very few cases, and would probably break portability (JavaScript), but 
> >if it results in a simplicification of the current Wee, then I'll 
> >implement it.
> >
> 
> well, if you do some live update stuff with javascript using 
> XmlHTTPRequest you should be fine on mozilla/firefox, IE, safari, recent 
> konqueror and the next opera. It is the stuff used in many widely know 
> things such as flickr.com or gmail, wich have quite a big audience.
> (ok, lynx would be out probably :)

See Google Suggest too:

http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1

these guys never cease to boggle my mind when I try to guess how many acres
of computing power they must have to do something like this. I picture scenes
from the Matrix, except with motherboards rather than people in the pods...
 

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