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malcolmboston
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by malcolmboston » Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:41 pm
im basically looking into cloning
http://www.digg.com/spy for a more attractive way of showing whoisonline
im just wanting to know what technologies are involved there?
im assuming ajax?
feyd
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by feyd » Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:57 pm
As the page code shows, it's Ajax and some basic time delay trickery to make it look more "live."