On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Matthew Petach wrote:
Just wanted to clear one point up...
The web is *not* a "push" model; it's a "pull" model.
Mostly true, yet there's that little bit that makes it not total truth. HTTP/2 has push, where instead of waiting for a browser to decide which elements to fetch a server can send anything it likes, the basic theory being that "everyone" will request certain/all objects so sending them without waiting for the requests will enhance performance. HTTP/2 -- derived from / started as SPDY -- became a standard in May and is supported by various servers and clients. WebSockets should probably be mentioned as well. And the even older content replacing push (ca '95) -- though seldom used it is still supported by some browsers. /mark