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I wish there was more data offered! Request-response, XHR, long-polling, "COMET" (blarg, I hate that moniker) when talking to the backend?

• axod 17y ago
  Don't forget WebSocket ;)
  • z8000 17y ago
    True, but I don't think development versions of browsers have 75MM users at this time. Maybe in 2020 when HTML5 is ratified. :)
    • axod 17y ago
      FWIW, close to 10% of Mibbit are already on WebSocket. It's supported in the non-dev latest Chrome, which the majority of Chrome users are using, since the browser has a proper update facility. Ignore things at your peril, although you're probably right. People playing FarmVille are unlikely to be early adopters.
      • catch23 17y ago
        I'm betting majority of farmville players are on work computers... instead of solitaire or yahoo games, there's farmville!
        • axod 17y ago
          idk, I think a ton of bored housewives play it. It'd be interesting to see demographics.
        • far33d 17y ago
          With 75m monthly actives, I'm pretty sure almost every demographic is covered.
• pavlov 17y ago
  Isn't FarmVille a Flash game? If so, it presumably uses Flash XML sockets instead of Comet-style browser hacks.
  • amitt 17y ago
    We use AMF protocol as XML is slow to parse on the client
    • z8000 17y ago
      Thanks for sharing that. What are you using on the backend to handle all of those AMF connections? I'm not intimate with AMF but it seems there are at least 10 server implementations that support AMF.