Is Http Streaming Comet possible in Safari?

Question

By HTTP Streaming Comet, I mean the \"forever iframe\" / \"forever xhr\" variations that don\'t close the connection after data has been pushed from the server, as opposed t

Answer 1

It's definitely possible: GMail does it. If you watch the Resources section of the developer tools in the latest Webkit, you can watch it in action. They have a request called "bind" that stays open more or less indefinitely. My understanding is that when new mail arrives, it comes across that connection.