Yes, you are. Web Sockets have only been available in Firefox and Chrome in the last few months. Etherpad is written with Comet: http://ejohn.org/blog/etherpad-

Yes, you are. Web Sockets have only been available in Firefox and Chrome in the last few months. Etherpad is written with Comet: http://ejohn.org/blog/etherpad-real-time-editing-with-javascript/ http://ejohn.org/blog/etherpad-real-time-editing-with-javasc...