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I use "real-time" in this fashion because describing it as "soft real-time" seems weird.

• mhd 14y ago
  Didn't we call websites that update without a manual page reload "AJAX" just a few minutes ago? And yes, even if there's no XML present, but at least it's an abuse of a pretty new, web-specific term. I propose we call all that stuff "FEFYOM" (Fast Enough For You Old Man) from now on.
  • stcredzero 14y ago
    If I ever write a manga with cute girls travelling the galaxy in a super-fancy ship, I'm going to name the ship the "Fefyom."
  • wmf 14y ago
    AJAX is where you click on something and then the page updates. Comet is where the page updates without the user having to initiate anything.
    • udp 14y ago
      Source?
    • pork 14y ago
      Fascinating...so wrapping an Ajax call inside a window.setInterval automatically switches it to "Comet"?