Hi Chris,

Today Chris Banford wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
>
> Just curious, with all this talk of server *push*...
>
> With the current state of browsers (limited to 2 connections) and http
> servers (built for quick turn-around) wouldn't it just make more sense
> to poll the server for messages every x seconds? It seems to me that
> this would be almost indistinguishable from real push in most instances
> (with a short enough polling time) and would fit better with current tech.
>
> Maybe I'm just having the standard *brain doesn't work so well in the
> morning* issue here and not getting it :-)

yes for many applications every few seconds is enough, but there
are some that require a more seemingly interactive behaviour ...


cheers
tobi


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