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Re:PixelPals – Collaborative pixel art canvas by aw3c2 on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @05:47AM (#8787614)
Interesting, Chromium's network inspector does not show me how this transmits.
Re:PixelPals – Collaborative pixel art canvas by djrconcepts on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @05:53AM (#8787642)
Yes, it does.

From the network inspector, click the one that says "web sockets"

Then select the entry from the list, looks something like ".ws?v=5&ns=pixelpals-server"

Then select frames from the 3 options "Headers Frames Cookies"

Should see the json data

Re:PixelPals – Collaborative pixel art canvas by aw3c2 on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @07:46AM (#8787903)
Thanks! Even that does not update live though, I have to switch between the tabs to see the latest messages.
Re:PixelPals – Collaborative pixel art canvas by eternalthinker on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @06:11AM (#8787692)
Yep, it's Firebase! Was a Node implementation originally, but Heroku's free tier for Node didn't offer much persistence.
Re:PixelPals – Collaborative pixel art canvas by Vbits on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @05:52AM (#8787633)
It uses Firebase for networking.