[Asterisk-Users] CRM integration (was RE: CallerID)

[Tom Fanning]

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> > >Browsers don't "listen". They inititiate a connection, process the
> > requested transaction with the web server, and close the 
> > connection. The simply can't be used to "listen" for an 
> > arbitrary connection.
> > 
> > Actually, I don't think that you are quite right here.
> > 
> > The guy mentioned Java from within the browser. I believe 
> > that I am right in saying that a Java applet should very well 
> > be able to listen for tcp connections as well as udp 
> 
> D'oh!
> I had misread the PP's statement and assumed he meant a "bareback"
> browser window.
> You are, of course, quite right. A Java app could handle this, but we
> are still left with the issue of having to install SOMETHING, 
> even if it
> is a small Java app, on the client to make this work. 

No installation as such, just make sure a Java virtual machine is present on
the machine.

Seconds to load.

I would say that Java would be ideal for an application like this.