- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 18:45:22 +0500
- To: mau@beatles.cselt.stet.it
- Cc: Multiple recipients of list <www-talk@www10.w3.org>
Maurizio Codogno writes: > As everybody of us know, html is a "monodirectional" protocol -- in the sense > that the server cannot initiate a response by itself, but it has to wait > for a http request from the client. > > (no, this is all wrong -- what I want to say is that with a HTML browser > you have to click to reload a page, otherwise it doesn't happen anything). > > I (pronunciation: "my boss") would like to investigate how the thing could > be changed, in order to have a real "live" environment. Supposing for the > moment to stick with unix systems and reasonable root powers :-), the first > ideas which came to me were the following: Wedging this into HTTP seems like a bad idea. HTTP is an information retrieval protocol. For conferencing, look at protocols like IRC[1] or the MUD stuff. Maybe even mbone channels. I think within 6 months to two years, you'll see URLs like: irc://undernet.org/linpeople Just like you see telnet:... URLs today. Dan [1] http://mistral.enst.fr:80/~pioch/IRC/IRCprimer/ [2] hmmm... can't find a reference to MUD usage on the web... anybody want to chime in? Daniel W. Connolly "We believe in the interconnectedness of all things" Research Technical Staff, MIT/W3C <connolly@w3.org> http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/People/Connolly
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