Re: Server Sent Events vs Web Sockets?

2011-04-13 Thread Ilkka Huotari
This is a reply to an old message (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2010AprJun/0087.html) and I don't know if this goes to the right thread. Would Server Sent Events be more or less efficient that Web Sockets? Does one of these use less resources than the other? Or, are the

Re: Server Sent Events vs Web Sockets?

2010-07-28 Thread Ian Hickson
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Dominique Hazael-Massieux wrote: Le lundi 12 avril 2010 à 17:47 +, Ian Hickson a écrit : Server sent events doesn't require any change to the network, it's compatible with almost any setup that uses HTTP today. Web Sockets requires that intermediaries support

Re: Server Sent Events vs Web Sockets?

2010-04-13 Thread Dominique Hazael-Massieux
Le lundi 12 avril 2010 à 17:47 +, Ian Hickson a écrit : Server sent events doesn't require any change to the network, it's compatible with almost any setup that uses HTTP today. Web Sockets requires that intermediaries support full-duplex connections. Server sent events is compatible

Server Sent Events vs Web Sockets?

2010-04-12 Thread Dominique Hazael-Massieux
Hi, Given the overlap I perceive between Server Sent Events and the Web Sockets spec, I would be interested to know what role Server Sent Events fills that Web Sockets doesn't. I understand that Server Sent Events allow for unidirectional communication with the server, while Web sockets is

Re: Server Sent Events vs Web Sockets?

2010-04-12 Thread Jean-Yves Bitterlich
Hi, Dominique Hazael-Massieux wrote on 12/04/2010 17:58: Hi, Given the overlap I perceive between Server Sent Events and the Web Sockets spec, I would be interested to know what role Server Sent Events fills that Web Sockets doesn't. A remarkable (and IMHO probably most interesting)

Re: Server Sent Events vs Web Sockets?

2010-04-12 Thread Ian Hickson
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Dominique Hazael-Massieux wrote: Given the overlap I perceive between Server Sent Events and the Web Sockets spec, I would be interested to know what role Server Sent Events fills that Web Sockets doesn't. Server sent events doesn't require any change to the network,