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"What’s the future of Comet?" None. It will be killed as soon as WebSockets get implemented. WebSockets will bring the real-time web alive. It will be the gre
by TweedHeads 17y ago
"What’s the future of Comet?" None.
It will be killed as soon as WebSockets get implemented.
WebSockets will bring the real-time web alive. It will be the greatest advance in internet since its early days.
Google Wave will ride on WebSockets. Web alerts will be the next gold mine. iPhone like push messages for email, feeds, etc., web chat without hacks, instant collaboration and much more.
We really don't understand right now the impact of the real-time web, but it will be pervasive.
- kqr2 17y agoHere's a nice intro to WebSockets: http://www.kaazing.org/confluence/display/KAAZING/What+is+an+HTML+5+WebSocket http://www.kaazing.org/confluence/display/KAAZING/What+is+an...
- Tichy 17y agoWhen will that be, and when will all Browsers support it?
- TweedHeads 17y agoI'd adventure to say by the end of the year all major browsers will implement WebSockets: Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera are working on it as we speak.
- EvilTrout 17y agoYou're missing one VERY big browser in that list.