Chat application AJAX polling

Question

In the project I am currently working on, we have the need to develop a web chat application, not a very complex chat, just a way to connect two people to talk about a very

Answer 1

If you don't like the idea of HTTP-polling, you could have a Flash-movie on the chat page that has a constant connection to some deamon on the server, the Flash-movie would then invoke JavaScript functions on the client to update the chat as new messages comes along. (Unless you want a Flash interface for your chat..)