On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Aleksei Rovenski <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know what is your use case, but for mine Pusher is better by > definition because it seamlessly supports broadcasting. > So far I'm using it in parallel with google channels for not so important > events and it looks good. It works through web sockets with fallback to > flash, but the stats I gather show me that eventually more than 95% of users > get connected (apprx the same as with google). They have pricing model that > I like more, fixed price and only one quota (I'm ware of) - number of > simultaneous connections, lets say 500 ($49), so no hidden costs here. I > understood the quota is soft, they will ask you to upgrade if exceeded. > Those connections can be grouped simply by subscribing to any number of > channels and there is no restriction on number of connections to single > channel. So all users can be subscribed to one global channel for common > news, then to room specific channels for scoped messages and finally to > personal (protected) ones for private messaging. API is very simple, java > lib is available (simple wrapper for a single urlfetch call). It reconnects > automatically if network is down and doesn't expire as google tokens. There > are "web hooks" that can replace google's presence notifications. So the 3 > reasons I would recommend it are: > 1) effortless broadcasting > 2) minimum dev effort (I beleive the time spent on channel api problems > exceeds few years of pusher fee) > 3) I bet they are much more responsive as they can not ignore their users as > Google does > To be fair I don't like flash fallback of Pusher, so this has to be > mentioned.. > > In general the fundamental problem of GAE IMHO is that it was rebranded as a > premium service to justify the costs, which is fine by me as some of the > features are fantastic, but it doesn't have a corresponding QoS in some of > the areas and support is not on a level you would expect from a premium > service. > > PS. One final thing I forgot to mention about Channel API problems is that > it seems some of the users simply can not load the channel javascript lib > which is hosted by google... What the hell...
Are you refererring to: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4764 Or something else? > > понедельник, 3 сентября 2012 г., 8:26:14 UTC+3 пользователь Richard Watson > написал: >> >> Aleksei - please tell us how you go with Pusher. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/xKoXd078q3IJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- Johan Euphrosine (proppy) Developer Programs Engineer Google Developer Relations -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
