"Push"-based webchat

This is a simple webchat system with really no fancy stuff.
It's written in JavaScript+html. No plugins, no flash, no java.

This client uses a persistent connection to the server to receive messages in real time. It doesn't have to poll the server for new messages like most other webchat systems.
The sending of messages unfortunately still requires a separate request, since it doesn't seem to be possible to keep a bi-directional connection open to the server. At least not until browsers start implementing web-sockets...

To start the client, enter a nickname and click start:
START

You can get the source-code here:

• CLIENT

  index.html

  This page.

  client.html

  The HTML part of the client

  style.css

  The CSS part of the client

  client.js

  The main client part, written in javascript

  push.js

  The persistent (PUSH) connection handler

  jquery.js

  The jQuery toolkit. See http://www.jquery.com

• SERVER

  chat.py

  The CGI interface to the web world. Handles both the persistent connections and the message-sending requests, and transports messages to/from the chat server.

  HTTPPush.py

  The Server-side handler for persistent (PUSH) connections

  chatsrv.py

  The actual chat server. Listens on a local UNIX socket for connections from chat.py and processes and routes messages between clients. Not really commented, and probably unreadable for people not familiar with unix network programming =)