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Thanks for your comment. We believe offering our users more choice is always a good thing. Moreover, while we do provide a similar service, the way we deliver a

by nehz 14y ago

Thanks for your comment. We believe offering our users more choice is always a good thing. Moreover, while we do provide a similar service, the way we deliver and our goals are slightly different. Pusher uses WebSockets; this is awesome and a very forward thinking technology however can be limited by older browsers and proxies not supporting the WebSocket connection. Notifyr uses EventSource (also a HTML5 spec) and XMLHttpRequest, aiming to support a majority of browsers, including mobile browsers. Additionally, we aim to integrate with Apple and Google's push notification system in the future, allowing a universal method for sending push messages with one API for any platform, device or browser.

StavrosK 14y ago
Hmm, doesn't Urban Airship integrate with the stores too? At any rate, this looks very well done, congratulations and good luck!
- nehz 14y ago
  Thanks :) From what I gather, Urban Airship aims more at providing a service for native apps rather then web based apps, but I could be mistaken.
borski 14y ago
Pusher actually degrades to Flash Sockets if a browser doesn't support WebSockets: http://pusher.com/docs/flash_fallback http://pusher.com/docs/flash_fallback Here's their browser compatibility: http://pusher.com/docs/browser_compatibility http://pusher.com/docs/browser_compatibility I'm biased - we use Pusher and love it - but regardless, didn't want misinformation spread. :) I'm all for competition.
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- nehz 14y ago
  Yup no worries :D And Pusher is a fantastic service
- knes 14y ago
  On what project do you use Pusher? tinfoilsecurity.com ?
pushpak_io 14y ago
Note: Pusher also supports fallback to XMLHttpRequest or normal http requests based on your browser afaik. We use pusher a lot for our upcoming point of sale app (live stock updates, etc stuff) and so far we are happy with. But integration's with Apple and Google's push notification system is a good idea. On a side note i see you used angularjs for the main site and we love angularjs don't we =]
jschuur 14y ago
More choice is only a good thing when you make it abundantly clear what it is you're going different, and why someone should use you. Otherwise, you're just making it harder for people to make a decision about what tools to use. Your front page doesn't do a very good job at that right now. The fact that the claim you made here about Pusher and legacy was so quickly disproven, makes things even worse.

by nehz 14y ago

StavrosK 14y ago

Hmm, doesn't Urban Airship integrate with the stores too? At any rate, this looks very well done, congratulations and good luck!

nehz 14y ago
Thanks :) From what I gather, Urban Airship aims more at providing a service for native apps rather then web based apps, but I could be mistaken.

borski 14y ago

Pusher actually degrades to Flash Sockets if a browser doesn't support WebSockets: http://pusher.com/docs/flash_fallback http://pusher.com/docs/flash_fallback Here's their browser compatibility: http://pusher.com/docs/browser_compatibility http://pusher.com/docs/browser_compatibility I'm biased - we use Pusher and love it - but regardless, didn't want misinformation spread. :) I'm all for competition.

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nehz 14y ago
Yup no worries :D And Pusher is a fantastic service
knes 14y ago
On what project do you use Pusher? tinfoilsecurity.com ?

pushpak_io 14y ago

Note: Pusher also supports fallback to XMLHttpRequest or normal http requests based on your browser afaik. We use pusher a lot for our upcoming point of sale app (live stock updates, etc stuff) and so far we are happy with. But integration's with Apple and Google's push notification system is a good idea. On a side note i see you used angularjs for the main site and we love angularjs don't we =]

jschuur 14y ago

More choice is only a good thing when you make it abundantly clear what it is you're going different, and why someone should use you. Otherwise, you're just making it harder for people to make a decision about what tools to use. Your front page doesn't do a very good job at that right now. The fact that the claim you made here about Pusher and legacy was so quickly disproven, makes things even worse.