Ryan Lackey writes: > I need to find some relatively widely deployed applications which have > frequent user interactions (rapid clicking on links, from as large a > population of links as possible, and also form filling and such). > > (it should be pretty obvious what this is for)
It's not, really. Maybe some kind of cover traffic for an underlying hidden data stream? Or maybe you will create a client which mimics a human person, and sends information by choosing what to click on? Sounds like a pretty low-bandwidth channel. > I'd like: > > 0) *rapid*/frequent user interactions; fast clicking on things (like every > second, no more than 5 seconds) > > 1) "sticky"...long interactions with a given site (on the order of hours) > (also all links need to be under the same url/same server) These two don't make much sense together: someone is going to sit there, interacting with a server for hours, clicking every second? That sounds more like a job than something people would do voluntarily. You're either going to need to accept a much lower click rate, or else a much shorter connection time. Okay, maybe one of the online fantasy games services like EverQuest? I hear people get addicted to those and spend hours on them, but I think they do a lot of typing rather than mouse clicks. Or one of the shoot-em-ups? Those probably use the mouse a lot more. They aren't really "web applications" though. Does it really have to be a web app? > So far, the best ideas: > 1) Porn > 2) Mailing lists with lots of internal links (next, reply, etc.) > 3) Sites with search engines with lots of linked data (encyclopedia, > etc.) > 4) html games (or flash, maybe) -- either imagemaps, or just tables, > things like chess, or puzzles, or whatever Most of those won't satisfy your click rate and connect time goals. > I'd definitely appreciate any suggestions on possible web apps which > meet these criteria; reply to lists or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'll post when it's ready. Maybe you could give some more clues...
