Heh.. fixed. It appears as though putting a small sleep like this:

usleep(100000);

is good enough to cause no CPU usage. :)

 
$str = new IRCStream("localhost", 6667, $_GET["nick"]);
$str->Connect();
 

screen grab of it working.

the messages on the web irc client appear immediately.. locally, anyway.

Huzzah. I got a new version working which now uses flash as a proxy if it can.

first it tries using ajax, then htmlfile, then flash then iframe :)

should work is pretty much every browser ever, now.

rather proud of this! just gotta get it sending messages now.. then THE WORLD IS MY OYSTER or something.

Can some people test this for me please?

I've tested in IE7/FF2/Chrome.

http://www.mikefranklin.me.uk/experiments/msn/msn.html

- it should look like MSN
- you should be able to drag it from side to side, and resize the width
- resizing the browser will cause the MSN app to resize. if you resize it smaller the image will get knocked out, like on the real msn.
- minimize button will set it to 0x, 0y, 300 px wide.
- maimize button will set it to full screen, as will double clicking
- close button should take you to google (dunno what else to do!)
- clicking on an input field with text in it should select it, unless its already selected (in which case it'll deselect)
- the 'email address' input field should have a down arrow on it.. the cursor should change to a 'arrow' cursor when its over the dropdown icon and clicking should make the menu appear. any clicks away from the menu will hide it. the menu items should have rollover states.
- all the elements title tags should match those on the real MSN

Issues i know about:
- moving the window to the right, then shrinking the browser window causes it to break
- the 'sign in' button is the wrong color
- the 'menu' doesnt fade in when it opens
- 'help' and 'online' menus dont work (yet)
- the tickboxes dont have the correct behaviors on them yet.
- signing in doesnt actually do anything yet.

Double clicking obviously maximises the thing, but I feel once it is maximised double clicking should return it to previous or default size. If possible of course!

Otherwise it looks good.