I guess I associate Comet solely with long-polling. Don't disagree at all re: the future of web apps; the reason why WebSockets are exciting is that real-time c

I guess I associate Comet solely with long-polling. Don't disagree at all re: the future of web apps; the reason why WebSockets are exciting is that real-time communication is becoming a first-class citizen in the browser, rather than an (admittedly cool) hack.