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In Chapter 2, you looked at polling and piggybacking techniques to see how far you could get with creating an interactive collaborative application. Along the way, you found yourself juggling timeout periods, responsiveness, and server/network loads, without reaching a satisfactory balance between the various factors.
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© 2008 Dave Crane, Phil McCarthy
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(2008). Introducing Comet. In: Comet and Reverse Ajax. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0864-8_3
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