[thelist] Javascript LWP ?

Michael Pemberton mpember at phreaker.net
Wed Oct 17 09:23:41 CDT 2001


I have seen this used as part of my research, it works great in situations when
the response is not time critical.  It doesn't help me with my situation,
however you need to keep in mind the limits of 4k on cookie sizes.

"MILLER David R." wrote:

> Just to throw out ideas, there is also the "web bug" approach. As misused as
> it sometimes is, you might be able to adapt it to your needs. Quick outline:
>
> - embed a transparent 1-pixel gif on the page
> - when you want to send information to a server-side script, use JS to
> change the href of the image to point to the script, appending the
> information on the URL
> - process the information; send back a 1-pixel gif, setting a cookie
> - read the cookie in JS
> - act on it
>
> ---------------FROM-------------------
> David R. Miller
> Manager, Computer-Based Testing
> Medical Council of Canada
> dmiller at mcc.ca
> (613) 521-6012
> (613) 521-9722 (fax)
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>
> Original message:
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 11:56:00 +1000
> From: Michael Pemberton <mpember at phreaker.net>
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Javascript LWP ?
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>
> But doesn't this still leave you with only support in browsers that can do
> LiveConnect?  I am currently looking for a method of doing this on MacIE 5+
> and cannot use Java do to MS being too lazy to implement LiveConnect.  They
> say that they can't do it (read: "can't be bothered doing it").
>
> Any method that allows for syncronysed data transfer without reloading would
> be a great leap forward.  Any ideas you have would be appreciated.  Thanx.
>
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