There was some discussion of this for html 6 then for awile it looked like they were gonna drop it and then it came back. Latest doc is here: http://dev.w3.org/html5/eventsource/
But dont expect support anytime soon... On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:22 AM, sol <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > We are using Prototype Ajax on the client side, consuming messages > from a Comet server. > We were wondering whether it's possible to keep a connection alive, > and pass multiple messages on the same connection (for "Server push")? > > It's something in the lines of: > - Client opens an Ajax.request > - The server sends a reply message; the client consumes it (onsuccess) > - Now usually, the HTTP connection would be closed; if the client > expects more messages, it should open a new request and a new > connection. > - But we'd like to keep the connection alive for a while (on both > client and server), so that if the server discovers new data (say 5 > minutes later) it can push a new message on the same connection, and > hopefully trigger another callback on the client ('onsuccess'). > > Of course this requires a way of telling when 1 message ends, and > another begins... we were hoping this can be done based on some > separator (perhaps multipart format?), or content-length. > > Is this supported on Prototype Ajax? > Thanks :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<prototype-scriptaculous%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
