Smarter Clients Via ReverseHTTP and WebSockets

igrigorik writes "Most web applications are built with the assumption that the client / browser is 'dumb,' which places all the scalability requirements and load on the server. We've built a number of crutches in the form of Cache headers, ETags, and accelerators, but none has fundamentally solved the problem. As a thought experiment: what if the browser also contained a Web server? A look at some of the emerging trends and solutions: HTML 5 WebSocket API and ReverseHTTP."

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Totally off-topic, but I have to ask

[antifoidulus]

after being endlessly frustrated with Apple's nonstop bug-parade, which OS is buggier, OS X or Windows? Up until Leopard I would have said Windows, but Apple is trying SOOO very hard to prove that they can be even buggier than Microsoft. My infinitely restarting login window says "mission accomplished" guys, good job Steve!