Hi Ziv, If you develop your gadget using the Google Gadget API, the methods to communicate with external web services are fetch based. As you mentioned, you would have to pull on intervals to see if there is something for the gadget to process.
It sounds like working with remote data using a persistent connection would require a Java applet or maybe a Flash app. Jerome On Nov 26, 4:40 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > I would like to know if it is possible to "communicate" in any way or > method with a gadget from an outside source, without the gadget > needing to request data every 1 sec. > Just open connection and retrieve the data upon request, and then do > something with it... > something like registering to a server with the gadget/google account, > and then when something new happens in the server, it will send me a > notification that will be displayed in the gadget.. > > any ideas? > > -Ziv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
