Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF5229A76 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:37:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 80332 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jul 2012 19:37:52 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 80297 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jul 2012 19:37:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact flex-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 80289 invoked by uid 99); 11 Jul 2012 19:37:52 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:37:52 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.7 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of omuppi1@gmail.com designates 209.85.217.175 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.217.175] (HELO mail-lb0-f175.google.com) (209.85.217.175) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:37:46 +0000 Received: by mail-lb0-f175.google.com with SMTP id l5so2113684lbo.6 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:37:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=gEb55Y3/vsEEM+D7rh9TroCWhF0P9XMfu5cwlXBO4aU=; b=z+wLWGHyItcB55b0KxXVE7gaT+n78oVO/M49k8aPlcbszopNvurnXd6j+VIA9kVfKF eE8I6dyYtlBvpVT1X3SjQAgaI7KVybshMNUCeS+qcBpKq11dj+lnyvQlRz8xwsZFrE2T 1wzzqwMXhO2VZ/Q6y3G+YUjHRXMg7ee0+9wIj4E7ff9wrrV5Ur0Rt/K3JhseJ2rvFUB4 M2o7wmTG0P0av9DLJMwAqB0oaAmZxvpBxhKwwCKiw6VtzZ9ymA1ze3G+E/inGtx+/A3d olYGbo7Qoih0ErJQLrj0P/Nhg2Xa3cmR+TAb/m4gLbdyWPvvlleoHZN/gcIsuwC0XGCs pHog== Received: by 10.112.28.137 with SMTP id b9mr22154191lbh.99.1342035445933; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:37:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: omuppi1@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.82.73 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:36:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6F466113-B699-4B72-98BD-6C77BE3EF03A@classsoftware.com> References: <96A104D2-6F40-4958-A556-B8CEA51B307D@classsoftware.com> <6F466113-B699-4B72-98BD-6C77BE3EF03A@classsoftware.com> From: Om Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:36:55 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 8iAdipc75LKGoj5AFM_mDbYCies Message-ID: Subject: Re: Leveraging HTML5 functionalities To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec554d84407e6e004c492facf X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --bcaec554d84407e6e004c492facf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > I am not sure why we would want to use WebSockets when Flash Player's > > excellent binary and xml sockets apis are available. > Because you might want to talk to something that uses web socket and it's > another box to tick off. > > Given the state of support in the browsers is would be easier to implement > in AS rather than call external JS. > > Ah, got it. I took some time to read up on the WebSockets specification. I hadnt realized that there is a server side protocol to this specification as well. Although it might be tricky to implement this properly, I definitely think it is possible to get it done. Om --bcaec554d84407e6e004c492facf--