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Re: GUI LUGNET streaming news client in Java (Was: Pseudo-streaming live news (was: Re: Monitor Page))
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:10:02 GMT
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On Sat, 1 Apr 2000 07:13:58 GMT "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote
concerning 'Re: GUI LUGNET streaming news client in Java (Was: Pseudo-streaming live news (was: Re: Monitor Page))':
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dan Boger writes:
> > I was thinking of how we could remotely vote... perhaps if there was a cgi
> > on lugnet that would accept remote votes, authunticating with the same code
> > that's on the cookie... then to vote, the newsreader will have to send
> > something like "GET
> > http://www.lugnet.com/news/vote/?lugnet.off-topic.geek:1434&vote=100
> > &ID=<cookieinfohere>"
> > and it'll vote for you...
> >
> > that make sense?
>
> Nope, that would put sensitive data into the httpd logs!
hmmm... good point - though doesn't the login cgi end up in the logs
right now anyway, in plaintext?
>
> Gonna hafta pass your cookie the regular way, not part of GET.
nod, shouldn't be a problem actually... except, I wonder where I'll
get the cookie in the first place - I might be able to dig it out of
netscape/mozilla cache... otherwise I'll have to have the script log
in to get the cookie....
>
> In addition to your cookie, here's what you wanna send via HTTP POST to
> /news/rate.cgi, basically:
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> RATE~newsgroup1:artnum1=rating1
> RATE~newsgroup2:artnum1=rating2
> RATE~newsgroup3:artnum1=rating3
> etc.
>
> For example:
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> RATE~lugnet.off-topic.geek:1434=100
> etc.
>
> Also, please set the referring page (HTTP_REFERER) to the empty string so
> that your HTTP request results in a very tiny confirmation page rather than
> a normal article-view page.
nod, grok.
>
> It also might be a good idea to spool up your outgoing ratings and only
> dispatch them to rate.cgi after collecting a few (say, 5 or 10) data points
> or after 2-3 minutes have passed, whichever happens first. (You'll want
> the part that calls rate.cgi to be on a separate thread anyway so that your
> main UI thread stays responsive.)
yup, very good idea.
>
> What keys are you guys using for making ratings? It might be kinda neat to
> be able to hit the number keys "1" through "9" for 10 through 90, and "0"
> and ")" for 0 and 100...and have it advance to the next article on that
> single keystroke...?
(nothing yet, just thinking)
but I'll prob try to stay within the numpad realm, for easy
browsing... so 0-9 and * for 100%... :)
Dan
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