Re:Etherpad Shows Google Docs How It’s Done (By AppJet)
by axod on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @11:24AM
(#369582)
Yes, you can specify keep-alive (Although some browsers refuse to do it in an XHR - Opera for one).
However, you still send the full glut of HTTP headers every single request.
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Re:Etherpad Shows Google Docs How It’s Done (By AppJet)
by marcus on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @12:15PM
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True, you still need the headers, what you don't need is a new connection every key stroke. Establishing a new TCP connection is a relatively high cost network item (between all the Acks and Syns you need 3 messages have to go back and forth for it to establish), keep the connection alive, the stuff will run a lot faster.