I don't understand why they didn't just provide an api to normal IP layer sockets, it would have given a lot more flexibility. I'm thinking the sort of lower level networking access you get in node.js
If people really wanted to send data over this weird semi-HTTP websocket protocol then someone could have implemented it as a js library on top of proper socket calls.
I'm guessing the main issue was cross-domain security, but I would have liked to see this solved using some sort of policy file that can be requested from the domain before connecting, like Flash does.
If people really wanted to send data over this weird semi-HTTP websocket protocol then someone could have implemented it as a js library on top of proper socket calls.
I'm guessing the main issue was cross-domain security, but I would have liked to see this solved using some sort of policy file that can be requested from the domain before connecting, like Flash does.