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AJAX Instant Messaging client
by Jordan Running Sep 5th 2005 at 3:20PM
Before the release of Google Talk there was some speculation that it would be a browser-based program that worked via slick AJAX tricks like Gmail. Unfortunately that wasn't the case, but it was only a matter of time before someone else gave it a shot, and ajax im is the first up to the plate. It's pretty basic, but works as advertised. Everything happens in the browser via JavaScript and XMLHTTPRequest, and it has a few features like away messages. Probably not ready for prime time, but a great proof-of-concept (though it only works in Firefox and Safari).
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Chris said 3:48PM on 9-05-2005
Resizing didn't work right for me, did someone try it out in another browser and get it to work correctly?
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EndTwist said 4:26PM on 9-06-2005
ajax im now works in Internet Explorer 6 with very few problems.
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