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Why we chose long-polling over websockets

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November 08, 2011
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Why we chose long-polling over websockets

...and it's not what you think.

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Leah Culver

November 08, 2011

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Transcript

  1. Leah Culver Keeping it Realtime 2011 Why we chose long-polling

    over websockets ... and it’s not what you think

  2. moist

  3. short

  4. product

  5. theory

  6. fight!

  7. Convore topic-based chat on the web

  8. None

  9. Leafy Chat web-based IRC client

  10. None

  11. Grove Hosted IRC and so much more.

  12. None
  13. None
  14. None
  15. None
  16. None
  17. None

  18. chat

  19. 99%

  20. 1%

  21. presence

  22. long polling

  23. new

  24. presence

  25. why???

  26. fresh code

  27. IRC server

  28. google talk

  29. work with us

  30. Questions?

  31. Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/throwboy/3060442619/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/clover_1/2201448124/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/coldtaxi/426162862/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/reid-bee/3437020090/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/freethehops/6039819664/ http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/31877600.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/heathbar/4850822709/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/drachmann/327122302/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgyuri/501884430/

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