Yeah, but i think Shri means actual <i>instant</i> messeging; i.e. a messege will pop up *right* when recieved.

Yet, the only problem with that is that PHP can't do anything real-time, if you know what i mean. Everything PHP does is sent out as HTML and HTML can't do anything like Java can with real-time stuff, thus taking away some of the instantness. But everyone hates Java (at least i do. ;P) and it's *extremely* slow.

What we would need is something that is already in the HTML code and that thing itself would modify. Anything that can be streamlined (like movies) would work. But, that's another bad idea, too. ;P

A gif that changes when a new messege appears could work, but it's still not great. Rather crappy, too.

But all of this hassle for instant messeging would bring below par product which itself is rather useless also. Why would you need *instant* and private messeging at a public messege board? It's supposed to be a place to post you thoughts publically.

Just a thought.

~Cheeze