| Active Channel
An Active Channel is what Microsoft
calls a Web site that has been enabled for push delivery to Internet
Explorer 4.0 browsers. To create a channel, developers write and upload a
CDF (channel definition format) file to their Web site; new content is
delivered to users automatically when the site is updated. Developers and
subscribers can control the update frequency; which channels, subchannels,
and items (sections) are subscribed to; and other channel characteristics.
Most Active Channels use dynamic HTML (DHTML) and other effects to spice
up content and make it more interactive. |