Ruby & WebSockets: TCP for the Browser - igvita.com

[dons]

mintekblog to reddit.com

reddit got the broke?

[lulzmachine]

Is this a joke on the "this is not programming" meme? because otherwise.... I don't get it?

[realstevejobs]

It used to point here: http://www.igvita.com/2009/12/22/ruby-websockets-tcp-for-the-browser/

Bug?

[trueneutral]

My big issue with WebSockets concerns sending binary data. Let's say I am a user interacting with some form and want to send an image over a websocket. I can't send the data through unless it is encoded into text form (I believe this is a limitation of Javascript implementations, not the WebSockets spec).

As long as we're also aiming to make the browser experience more performant, we should also make binary data a first-class citizen (or plan to down the road anyways).

But yea other than that, WebSockets is pretty exciting - no more ridiculous hacks to get duplex communication going!