Lunch 2.0. HTML5 WebSocket and WebJneering « SV Web Builder. I want to tell you about HTML5, specifically about the advances in bi-directional, asynchronous communication. But I’m troubled. Consider two propositions that I didn’t come up with: 1) Nothing is new, 2) Everything Sucks. Let these simple truths cast a shadow upon the tale you are about to read… HTML5 provides a new thing called a WebSocket. I’m pretty sad that its not a TCPSocket, but alas, it was easier to throw in a handshake for security than to set up some out-of-bound security method, such as flash’s cross-domain policy files. We can’t connect to existing TCP servers, so we’ll just have to start over and write new WS/TCP servers. I was at first overjoyed at the prospect of the World Wide Web’s new status as a real boy. The fact of the matter is this. But such wisdom can’t help us. But as I said, we’ve lost our context. So the next leg of my journey was to assemble a codex of knowledge.
If only. “Ho, Hixie.” So what happens now? Michael Carter Like this: Like Loading... Loud Thinking by David Heinemeier Hansson. Ajaxian » About Us. Www.svwebbuilder.com - Silicon Valley Web Builder. Mixergy.com. Tim O\'Reilly on Poor Quality Startups. Steve Gillmor’s GestureLab. VentureBeat.