Comet: A New Approach to Ajax Applications

Alex Russell has coined a term for a flavour of Ajax that’s been getting more attention of late. Comet describes applications where the server keeps pushing - or streaming - data to the client, instead of having the browser keep polling the server for fresh content. Alex identifies several buzzworthy examples: GMail’s GTalk integration Jot Live Renkoo cgi:irc Meebo Comet uses [...]

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