Re: FLASH: Instant Messenger & Chat solutions?

[John Dowdell]

At 2:15 PM 10/13/0, james wrote:

> > http://www.macromedia.com/software/director/download/power-aps/

>

> Do you have a better URL, that one is invalid.  Is

> there a limit to the number of connections when using

> Macromedia's chat server?


Sorry, typo in that final... should be an underscore, not dash:

 ..../download/power_aps/


(For 404s I often jump back up a directory, see if I can find the file.)



This freebie movie with the freebie serving allows 16 people to talk in a

room simultaneously. If you wanted one movie to handle dozens, or even

hundreds of visitors simultaneously, then you'd want a copy of the

Shockwave Multiuser Server yourself, and this is also a free download, as

noted in the freebie docs.


More info:

"How can I test my Shockwave Multiuser movie if I don't have my own server

running?"

http://www.macromedia.com/go/14173


For such a heavier load I might suggest buying Director and using its

behaviors to set up a customized chat, perhaps with various rooms, perhaps

with peer-to-peer connections or moderators, perhaps with ways to filter

out unwanted visitors, etc. Once you get past a few simultaneous chatters

then the systems and social structures need to change a bit too.


For serving thousands of chatter simultaneously, then HearMe's POP.X server

works with Shockwave Multiuser movies, and can scale to millions of

simultaneous users:

http://www.hearme.com/products/interactive/overview/popx.html


jd






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