Comments on: Pushlets in Java http://engrm.com/blogometer/2005/11/17/pushlets-in-java/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:24:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Chris Double http://engrm.com/blogometer/2005/11/17/pushlets-in-java/#comment-159 Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:32:06 +0000 http://engrm.com/blogometer/2005/11/17/pushlets-in-java/#comment-159 Server push has a disadvantage of leaving a connection open - and the browser has a limited number of these connections that it uses (2 for IE for example). I write about it here with some discussion of the options: http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2005/11/more-on-ajax-and-server-push.html I mention there the possibility of using a hidden flash applet to hold a perssitent connection and have the javascript code communicate with it to send and receive events. The author of the AFLAX library has since implemented an example of doing this: http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2005/11/aflax-makes-server-push-easy.html Server push has a disadvantage of leaving a connection open - and the browser has a limited number of these connections that it uses (2 for IE for example). I write about it here with some discussion of the options:

http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2005/11/more-on-ajax-and-server-push.html

I mention there the possibility of using a hidden flash applet to hold a perssitent connection and have the javascript code communicate with it to send and receive events. The author of the AFLAX library has since implemented an example of doing this:

http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2005/11/aflax-makes-server-push-easy.html

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