two-way communication in html

connolly@w3.org writes:
> Maurizio Codogno writes:
 > ... a real "live" environment ...

> 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.

Live connections can be made over HTTP, as the Push part of
the PushPull protocol demonstrates:
<URL:http://home.netscape.com/home/demo/1.1b1/pushpull.html>.

It is a fairly trivial matter to make a Web page where people
can go and link to continuous streams of data over HTTP.

-pt

Received on Monday, 6 March 1995 20:39:34 UTC