Server-Sent Events vs Polling
问题 Is there a big difference (in terms of performance, browser implementation availability, server load etc) between HTML5 SSEs and straight up Ajax polling? From the server side, it seems like an EventSource is just hitting the specified page every ~3 seconds or so (though I understand the timing is flexible). Granted, it's simpler to set up on the client side than setting up a timer and having it $.get every so often, but is there anything else? Does it send fewer headers, or do some other