有点偏题了,先说正事。我总觉得这傲游首页有什么东西怪怪的,找了半天发现这下载次数跳的也忒快了点吧,再一看,好家伙都有2亿5千万次了,这个的真实性就不去管了,前段时间FF不是也说下载过10亿了吗。盯着那个数字仔细看了一会儿,跳动的极为有规律,平均下来差不多每秒七、八次,偶尔一秒还会加更多。这我就好奇了,傲游的下载量有这么大吗,还这么有规律?

于是乎翻箱倒柜找齐工具开始研究计数的代码。工具很常见,就FF的两个插件,Web Developer https://addons.mozilla.org/zh-CN/firefox/addon/60 和Firebug https://addons.mozilla.org/zh-CN/firefox/addon/1843。
先看计数那块的Html源码
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<
td
width
="50%"
>
2 < div title ="点击进入下载页面"
3 style ="width: 100%; height: 100%; cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden;"
4 onclick ="window.location = 'download.htm'" >
5 < a href ="download.htm" class ="download-btn" >
6 < span class ="download-title" > 立即下载 2.5.8 </ span >< br />
7 已有 < span id ="counternumber" > 200,000,000+ </ span > 次下载 </ a >
8 </ div >
9 </ td >
嗯,table + div 的,次数就是id 为counternumber的那块,刚打开页面时也的确显示的2亿次。继续找脚本文件,页面内的脚本没有什么相关的,外部引用了三个js,script/app.js, script/data.js, script/script.js。中间这个和下载次数无关,先看最后这个文件,里面有这么一段。
2 < div title ="点击进入下载页面"
3 style ="width: 100%; height: 100%; cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden;"
4 onclick ="window.location = 'download.htm'" >
5 < a href ="download.htm" class ="download-btn" >
6 < span class ="download-title" > 立即下载 2.5.8 </ span >< br />
7 已有 < span id ="counternumber" > 200,000,000+ </ span > 次下载 </ a >
8 </ div >
9 </ td >
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function
init() {
2 var initMap = {
3 ' index-body ' : function (){
4 initFeatureSlide();
5 buildNewsList( ' news-list-block ' , window.newsData, 5 );
6 if (window.maxWebsite && maxWebsite.updateCounter)
7 maxWebsite.updateCounter();
8 }
9 };
10 var initKey = document.body.id;
11 if (initKey && initMap[initKey])
12 initMap[initKey]();
13 }
14 window.onload = init;
删了些没用的代码,关键在第7行,从名字上来看就是说更新计数器,maxWebsite这个对象是在app.js里面定义的,也就是需要研究的核心。
2 var initMap = {
3 ' index-body ' : function (){
4 initFeatureSlide();
5 buildNewsList( ' news-list-block ' , window.newsData, 5 );
6 if (window.maxWebsite && maxWebsite.updateCounter)
7 maxWebsite.updateCounter();
8 }
9 };
10 var initKey = document.body.id;
11 if (initKey && initMap[initKey])
12 initMap[initKey]();
13 }
14 window.onload = init;
在app.js的开头定义了几个常量,
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var
maxWebsite
=
{};
2
3 maxWebsite.counterLoadInterval = 10000 ; // ms
4 maxWebsite.counterDataURL = " /api/counter " ;
5 maxWebsite.failedCounterCall = 0 ;
先放在这儿,继续往下看,找到updateCounter这个函数。
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3 maxWebsite.counterLoadInterval = 10000 ; // ms
4 maxWebsite.counterDataURL = " /api/counter " ;
5 maxWebsite.failedCounterCall = 0 ;
1
maxWebsite.updateCounter
=
function
(){
2
3 if (maxWebsite.inCounterRequest) return ;
4 if (maxWebsite.failedCounterCall > 10 ) return ;
5
6 // first time only
7 if ( ! maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber){
8 maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber = 0 ;
9 maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber = 0 ;
10 maxWebsite.counterDiff = 0 ;
11
12 // another request
13 maxWebsite.intervalLoad = setInterval( " maxWebsite.updateCounter() " , maxWebsite.counterLoadInterval);
14
15 maxWebsite.intervalTick = setInterval( " maxWebsite.counterTick() " , 1000 );
16 }
17
18 // load remote data
19 var req;
20 try { req = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
21 catch (e) { try { req = new ActiveXObject( " Microsoft.XMLHTTP " ); }
22 catch (e) { return null ; }}
23
24 maxWebsite.startCounter = new Date();
25
26 try {
27 req.open( " GET " , maxWebsite.counterDataURL + ' ? ' + Math.random(), true );
28 req.onreadystatechange = get_cb(req);
29 req.send( '' );
30 maxWebsite.inCounterRequest = true ;
31
32 } catch (e){
33 maxWebsite.failedCounterCall ++ ;
34 }
35 req = null ;
36 }
从第7行起,脚本首次执行这个函数时先运行if 里面的代码,三个变量targetCounterNumber,currentCounterNumber,counterDiff 初始化为0,后面会看到核心也就是这三个变量。然后,定义两个自动运行的函数,updateCounter也就是这个函数自己,每隔10秒运行一次(
counterLoadInterval前面定义的常量),
counterTick 每隔1秒运行一次。再往下看,异步读取服务端的数据,中间调用了get_cb(req) 这么一个函数,看它定义。
2
3 if (maxWebsite.inCounterRequest) return ;
4 if (maxWebsite.failedCounterCall > 10 ) return ;
5
6 // first time only
7 if ( ! maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber){
8 maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber = 0 ;
9 maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber = 0 ;
10 maxWebsite.counterDiff = 0 ;
11
12 // another request
13 maxWebsite.intervalLoad = setInterval( " maxWebsite.updateCounter() " , maxWebsite.counterLoadInterval);
14
15 maxWebsite.intervalTick = setInterval( " maxWebsite.counterTick() " , 1000 );
16 }
17
18 // load remote data
19 var req;
20 try { req = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
21 catch (e) { try { req = new ActiveXObject( " Microsoft.XMLHTTP " ); }
22 catch (e) { return null ; }}
23
24 maxWebsite.startCounter = new Date();
25
26 try {
27 req.open( " GET " , maxWebsite.counterDataURL + ' ? ' + Math.random(), true );
28 req.onreadystatechange = get_cb(req);
29 req.send( '' );
30 maxWebsite.inCounterRequest = true ;
31
32 } catch (e){
33 maxWebsite.failedCounterCall ++ ;
34 }
35 req = null ;
36 }
function
get_cb(req) {
return function () {
if (req.readyState == 4 ){
maxWebsite.updateCounterBinder(req);
req = null ;
}
};
}
呃,又是调用,继续看定义。
return function () {
if (req.readyState == 4 ){
maxWebsite.updateCounterBinder(req);
req = null ;
}
};
}
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maxWebsite.updateCounterBinder
=
function
(req){
2
3 if (req.status == 200 || req.status == 0 ){
4 var cnt = req.responseText;
5 cnt = parseInt(cnt.replace( / , / g, '' ), 10 );
6 if (isNaN(cnt)) return ;
7
8 // first run
9 if (maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber == 0 ){
10 maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber = cnt - 10 ;
11 maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber = cnt - 10 ;
12 }
13
14 maxWebsite.inCounterRequest = false ;
15 maxWebsite.counterTick(cnt);
16
17 } else {
18 maxWebsite.failedCounterCall ++ ;
19 }
20 }
从服务端读出来的东西看来是存放在cnt 里面了,而且是一个数字,可以猜测这个数字估计跟首页显示的下载次数有一定关系。首次运行对targetCounterNumber 和 currentCounterNumber进行了初始化。然后调用counterTick 这个函数,前面说这个函数每秒也要调用一次。
2
3 if (req.status == 200 || req.status == 0 ){
4 var cnt = req.responseText;
5 cnt = parseInt(cnt.replace( / , / g, '' ), 10 );
6 if (isNaN(cnt)) return ;
7
8 // first run
9 if (maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber == 0 ){
10 maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber = cnt - 10 ;
11 maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber = cnt - 10 ;
12 }
13
14 maxWebsite.inCounterRequest = false ;
15 maxWebsite.counterTick(cnt);
16
17 } else {
18 maxWebsite.failedCounterCall ++ ;
19 }
20 }
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maxWebsite.counterTick
=
function
(intNumber){
2
3 if (intNumber){
4 // calculate diff
5 var diff = intNumber - maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber;
6 var timeDiff = maxWebsite.counterLoadInterval + ( new Date() - maxWebsite.startCounter);
7 diff = diff / timeDiff;
8
9 maxWebsite.counterDiff = diff * 1000 ;
10
11 maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber = maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber;
12 maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber = intNumber;
13 } else {
14 // just add up with diff
15 if (maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber < maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber){
16 maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber += maxWebsite.counterDiff;
17 }
18 }
19 maxWebsite.writeCounter(maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber);
20 }
从
updateCounterBinder 这个函数来的调用走if 这部分,而每隔1秒的调用走else这部分。这两块到底是什么,我用firebug 监视了一下,结合具体东西来说。
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3 if (intNumber){
4 // calculate diff
5 var diff = intNumber - maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber;
6 var timeDiff = maxWebsite.counterLoadInterval + ( new Date() - maxWebsite.startCounter);
7 diff = diff / timeDiff;
8
9 maxWebsite.counterDiff = diff * 1000 ;
10
11 maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber = maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber;
12 maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber = intNumber;
13 } else {
14 // just add up with diff
15 if (maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber < maxWebsite.targetCounterNumber){
16 maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber += maxWebsite.counterDiff;
17 }
18 }
19 maxWebsite.writeCounter(maxWebsite.currentCounterNumber);
20 }

现在再看下counterDiff, currentCounterNumber,targetCounterNumber 这三个数。

在counterTick 中设个断点,从右边可以看出counterDiff的值约为10,currentCounterNumber的值和现在网页上显示的下载数一致,targetCounterNumber比currentCounterNumber稍大。然后targetCounterNumber被intNumber赋值,实际上就是从服务端得到的数cnt。
源码中还有一个函数writeCounter 就是把页面中的数字加上逗号。
从源码中,主要是counterTick函数,可以看出首页显示的下载数就是变量currentCounterNumber的值,每秒增加counterDiff。然后每十秒从服务器取一个数存放到targetCounterNumber中,counterDiff 就是由两次targetCounterNumber的差求的每秒平均。
再通俗点说,傲游首页的下载数每秒按一个固定值增加,然后每十秒从服务器取一个数进行修正,并计算新的增加固定值。
当然,我们不能肯定的说傲游这个下载数有猫腻,毕竟,别人的实际下载数怎么来的从源码中看不出来,而是从 http://www.maxthon.cn/api/counter 取得,这个api如何实现的我就不得而知了。本人不才,到这儿走不下去了,如果有高手还请解说这个api是怎么做的。