[browsers using ISDN lines when idle]

[Peter Murray]

I cannot imagine an idle browser would tie up network resources while it is
just sitting there.  Well, there are ways, but they are very rarely used.
For instance, a web page could use a meta-refresh tag to update itself
constantly (as in a HTML-based chat system).  There was also a bug in a
beta version of Netscape 2 where animated GIFs were reloaded from the
server for ever iteration, but that hasn't been seen in a while.


Peter

--On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 4:56 AM -0700 Stephanie John <johnste at PILOT.MSU.EDU>
wrote:

> Does Navigator, Communicator or Internet Explorer tie up a shared ISDN
> when you're NOT pulling in data, and you're NOT using channels or other
> 'push' technology?  Does it tie up the network in ANY way?



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