This isn't anything to do with websockets. These are raw, unadulterated sockets -- but only available to Chrome extensions, not normal web pages. I'm pretty c

This isn't anything to do with websockets. These are raw, unadulterated sockets -- but only available to Chrome extensions, not normal web pages. I'm pretty certain Mozilla extensions have been able to create sockets for a while, and the sky hasn't fallen yet. Edit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPCOM_Interface_Reference/nsISocketTransport https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPCOM_Interface_Reference/n...