websockets

100% websockets instead of HTTP in the future?

Today I thought about why the Web traditionally is stateless - opening a connection, then close it as fast as possible. I realized that this was the HTTP. And soon we will have fully implemented web-sockets to use for live things. So I thought, could websockets replace http in the future so that every connection made will be opened ti...

Will Android support WebSockets in an upcoming version?

If so, does anybody know which version it's scheduled to be supported in (in built-in Chrome Lite browser)? Also, is it currently supported on any of the alternative browsers for Android like FireFox or Opera Mini? ...

Best Java framework for server side WebSockets

I want to create simple server having low load. The goal is to give a few javascript clients access to some functionality implemented in Java through WebSockets. I seek for best library to use for that - it should be simple, robust etc. Now I consider 3 alternatives - jWebSocket - jetty - netty What is the best? Or may be something else...

How to debug Safari silently failing to connect to a secure WebSocket

When doing new WebSocket('ws://server/'); Safari connects fine, but when using new WebSocket('wss://server/'); it completely fails (returns a null object). Worse, it fails silently - no errors in traceback (a custom Eventlet web server) or in the error console within Safari. Chrome works fine with both the secure and non-secure host. H...