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* To check for new users, just poll /users. | * To check for new users, just poll /users. | ||
* If you want to see what messages $USERNAME has emitted, poll /$USERNAME/ | * If you want to see what messages $USERNAME has emitted, poll /$USERNAME/ | ||
Also one other way is using http PUT & GET | Also one other way is using http PUT & GET | ||
Flaws: it's all broadcast, and it's all polling. | |||
Broadcast is inefficient in the network if you really only want to send a message to a single user. Polling wastes CPU, battery, and possibly network. | |||
On way to handle polling is setting a high timeout for XHR. (Thanks Lucian) | |||
[[Category:GSoC]] | [[Category:GSoC]] | ||