Comet http web server push technology for browser games ?

[oldbard]

Hi, wondering if anyone has replaced AJAX with Comet successfully, and could explain how. My current game, The Grid at celtruler.com should implement something faster than AJAX.

[Danny696]

Wow, thanks for showing us this.

Umm, theres a jQuery pulin for this, not sure how good it is though....

http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jQuery-Comet-Push-API

[a_bertrand]

Well, the issue with ideas like COMET is that some browsers or proxy handle it badly and may actually degrade user experience. Sure the polling model of AJAX is not smart / efficient, but until we have the web socket working I would say we don't have many alternatives.

[Zeggy]

The jquery plugin that danny posted is what I use.

The plugin uses http://www.pubnub.com and it's very fast. It's a great service with apis for loads of platforms and languages. I'd definitely recommend it.

[rulerofzu]

The module for nginx looks interesting.

http://pushmodule.slact.net/

[Djkanna]

Moved, topic doesn't belong in Introductions.

[oldbard]

Thank you for the suggestions. It would be great if there was a free method of doing this and also a way to do it without having to make files on a server (like if your server is being hosted by a web company that doesn't let you run the kind of commands to install nginx.

Again, the game I wish to transfer from Ajax to something faster: The Grid