Re: Sharing web page views across users (was Bizare Request)

Nold, Mark <Mark.Nold@normandy.com.au> wrote: > What i want to do is have one user at a web browser doing what they want to > do (UserX), and another user (UserY) connects to the same web server > (probably specify who UserX is) and their browser somehow replicates > everything UserX is seeing.... > > Maybe use some sort or appended PHP functions to save the whole output for > UserX to a table and then somehow have the browser that UserY is using poll > the DB for changes, once they've arrived download em... If the active user is accessing static or dynamic content on a site you could insert the URL or page id into a file or database and generate the passive user's webpage dynamically using a meta refresh to reload the page periodically and generate the output by looking up the data from the file or database. > Why do i want to do this? Comple of reasons, but basically i want a user > with a Palm or a CE device with a wireless RF LAN (the only one ive found so > far is a Palm by Symbol.. which also has a barcode scanner) to be tapping > away at a web page and then the rest of the audience can see what he is > retrieving via a big screen. So, you want the passive users (audience) to be able to see what the active user is typing *as* he is typing it? Since webpages are sent via the HTTP protocol and it's not interactive, that really won't work. If you can live with the active user periodically submitting data to the website then this can easily be done. This seems kind of clunky though. You might be better off looking at more technology. All you really need is a PC with a wireless mouse and keyboard for the active user and a big monitor or projection system hooked up to it. I don't know enough details about what you're attempting so that might not work, but this seems more like a hardware issue than something that needs to be programmed. Steven Werby {steven-lists@befriend.com}