Re:WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. We...
by merb on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @03:15AM
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> IIRC there was support for it in Netscape before it was really a standard.
That is probably true, since x-mixed-replace started the whole chunked transfer encoding.
Itβs probably also what really triggered the invention of comet and later xhr. Netscape was way ahead and Microsoft just pushed it out with money, integration, activex? and of course unfair advantage.
That is probably true, since x-mixed-replace started the whole chunked transfer encoding.
Itβs probably also what really triggered the invention of comet and later xhr. Netscape was way ahead and Microsoft just pushed it out with money, integration, activex? and of course unfair advantage.