web messenger

[sagee]

Hi, i have a social network that i wish to give the users an option to chat 1 to another.
i was thinking about doing it myself using a database & an AJAX function that check every minute or so if there are new message, but i worry that this is too simple for large scale networks, therefor i would like to hear any ideas on the subject & reccomendation on available scripts & apps , so i can learn from them.

[adeang_1]

hey can I see your site? I want to get ideas if you don't mind b/c Im going to build something similar www.adeang.com but more or less of a social site not even sure if im going to do that.

[bokeh]

You need to use a push protocol, not http.

[sagee]

i am not familiar with that protocol, can you please explain?

[bokeh]

i am not familiar with that protocol, can you please explain?An example of server push (Java) (http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/java-ent/servlet/ch06_03.htm)

[sagee]

An example of server push (Java) (http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/java-ent/servlet/ch06_03.htm)

Cheers