On Tuesday 13 November 2007 7:10 am, Kevin Smith wrote: > On 13 Nov 2007, at 14:37, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > > Cezary Kaliszyk wrote: > >> I would like to inquire about an extension that would allow the other > >> users to see the real text that the other user is typing. > >> ... > >> Does any of the extensions do this or is anyone working on this > >> thing? > > > > We've had discussions about this before, and more recently I know of > > one > > client author who has worked on such an extension as a special > > project. > > That would be me, wouldn't it? :) > > I did this recently for someone to use in a lab context to study how > people type, and just did the really stupid thing of transmitting the > full contents of the input buffer every X milliseconds (as long as > they'd changed). It does the job though.
I believe this is much the same way that iChat does it, although it is only allowed in Bonjour mode. -Justin
