Cross-browser implementation of “HTTP Streaming” (push) AJAX pattern

Question

Client request web page from server. Clent then requests for extra calculations to be done; server performs series of calculations and sends partial results as soon as they

Answer 1

I would take a look at orbited

They use several comet transport implementation that they choose based on configuration and browser sniffing.

See http://orbited.org/svn/orbited/trunk/daemon/orbited/static/Orbited.js

and look for "Orbited.CometTransports"

Some of the different transports must be matched by the backend implementation, so have a look at the server side for orbited also.