Sound like an ideal candidate for reverse AJAX.
I have used JSON for a couple of projects. You need to just google for
JSON
On Jun 22, 2:18 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's a really good idea, but I have never done this. Can you tell me
> a bit more about the "{ move:[4, 1], to: [4, 3] } "? How do I use it?
>
> On Jun 22, 3:58 am, "Dardo Sordi Bogado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Why don't you poll for coordinates in JSON and update the board with
> > javascript?
>
> > ie: advance the fifth pawn two positions:
>
> > { move:[4, 1], to: [4, 3] }
>
> > 0 1 2
> > +---+-----+----
> > 0 |___|___|___
> > 1 | | |
> > 2
>
> > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I made a chess game using Ajax. It updates the table every 5 seconds.
> > > The problem is that the HTML code for the table is huge and causes a
> > > lot of bandwidth. Now I am thinking of a new method: polling server
> > > for new moves in the game and update only if a move was done. But I
> > > can't imagine any easy way for doing this.
> > > What I want to do is: poll the server every 5 seconds and update
> > > contents of a div tag only if any move has been done. Any help will be
> > > appreciated.
> > > Thanks in advance!
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