Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/chat-procs.tcl
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/chat-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/chat-procs.tcl	8 Apr 2006 00:11:53 -0000	1.5
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/chat-procs.tcl	8 Apr 2006 15:00:44 -0000	1.6
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     if {![info exists mode]} {
       set mode polling
       set user_agent [string tolower [ns_set get [ns_conn headers] User-Agent]]
-      if {[regexp (firefox|msie) $user_agent] && [info command ::thread::mutex] ne ""} {
+      if {[regexp (firefox) $user_agent] && [info command ::thread::mutex] ne ""} {
 	set mode streaming
       }
       my log "--mode $mode, user_agent=$user_agent"
Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/www/ajax/streaming-chat.js
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/www/ajax/Attic/streaming-chat.js,v
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/www/ajax/streaming-chat.js	8 Apr 2006 00:11:55 -0000	1.1
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/www/ajax/streaming-chat.js	8 Apr 2006 15:00:45 -0000	1.2
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 }
 
 function getData() {
-  var response = http.responseText.substring(http.last);
+  //alert('access responseText'); // hmm, IE does not allow us to access responstext in state == 3 :(
+  var response = http.responseText.substring(http_last);
+  //alert('access responseText done');
   // we recognize a complete message by a trailing }\n
   if (response.match(/\}[\n ]+$/)) {
     var messages = document.getElementById('messages');
@@ -49,11 +51,12 @@
       messages.appendChild(p);
       messages.scrollTop = messages.scrollHeight;
     }
-    http.last = http.responseText.length;
+    http_last = http.responseText.length;
   }
 }
-	 
+
 var http = getHttpObject();
+var http_last = 0;
 var http_send = getHttpObject();
 
 function chatSendMsg() {
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@
     }
   };
   http.send(null);
-  http.last = 0;
+  http_last = 0;
 }
 function tell(msg) {
   document.monitor.window.value =  msg;