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Platform specific "apps" vs. HTML-based "apps"?

Platform specific "apps" vs. HTML-based "apps"?

Posted Dec 20, 2012 7:59 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Platform specific "apps" vs. HTML-based "apps"? by jengelh
Parent article: A simulated FirefoxOS experience

> Perhaps HTTP and its "lack" of certain "features" like server-side push and "full-duplex semantics"
Both are easily emulated with long-polling. Which in reality is often better than simple TCP...


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