Not reallypeople have made screensavers and allsorts which work in a similar way. Witness the xml challenge in the newsletter a few weeks back. I probably wouldn't use it though, as I have the board open for most of the day anyhow.
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supermoore: HUNG,
Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:03,
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nonot really
1 border-less popup window
javascript/flash to read the b3ta xml feeds
all you need to do is parse each new thread for the presence of <img> tags
(1 border-less popup window
javascript/flash to read the b3ta xml feeds
all you need to do is parse each new thread for the presence of <img> tags
Red wine and cheese.,
Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:03,
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not really.probably an rss/xml parser out there for flash
read image - load it - display it.
you could do this as a cgi script too
(read image - load it - display it.
you could do this as a cgi script too
tef,
Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:03,
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can be done client-sideusing javascript and the lovely <XML> tag
edit: or server-side static pages, if you don't want to sap b3ta's bandwidth
(edit: or server-side static pages, if you don't want to sap b3ta's bandwidth
Red wine and cheese.,
Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:05,
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the problem with b3ta when ti comes to bandwidthis that reloading all of the old posts on the board sucks up bandwidth and it's a bit of a waste.
it's a bit like threaded irc what we've got here.
(it's a bit like threaded irc what we've got here.
tef,
Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:13,
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