Hi, Arne (and others). Sorry for slow response, and thanks for your input. To respond to your question, I think for now we have two scenarios, when we simplify things. Let's say we want to visualize some arbitrary data (e.g., a google map) in one entity, while controlling it from another entity (e.g., a "joystick" that moves the map around). (The reality is more complex, with multiple views of different data sets, but this is illustrative.)
1) Scenario 1: the map/joystick are all on the same user's page. I assume you're suggesting designing one huge "gadget" in canvas view that has a bunch of different entities in it that can all share the same data space? Is that right? 2) Scenario 2: I want to show another user (logged in separately) something. I move the joystick on my page and the map on their page moves. We will need a server (e.g., to serve up the data we're viewing), but most of the gadget communication methods I've seen only allow for _polling_ the server, not listening for callbacks when data arrives. That's not what we want long-term. Regarding pubsub, I see how straightforward the interface is, but I still don't know what it's capabilities are. You say it won't allow us to pass data between different users, in which case I agree that it doesn't add much. So is there any way to pass data between users without polling on the receiver side? I found one example of a Talk application, but I don't want to run in a chat box. Thanks, Rob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
