WebSockets is not a replacement for HTTP/SPDY. Don't forget that a WebSocket is effectively an upgraded HTTP / SPDY connection (in fact, there is work in progre

WebSockets is not a replacement for HTTP/SPDY. Don't forget that a WebSocket is effectively an upgraded HTTP / SPDY connection (in fact, there is work in progress to enable WS over SPDY). In many cases, you don't need bi-directional communication.. Which is also why HTML5 spec introduced Server Sent Events (SSE): http://www.igvita.com/2011/08/26/server-sent-event-notifications-with-html5/ http://www.igvita.com/2011/08/26/server-sent-event-notificat...