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QUESTION POSED ON: 02 June 2008
Can you explain reverse Ajax and do you consider it technology that can be used in something beyond trial or fringe applications?

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EXPERT RESPONSE
Reverse Ajax is basically a way for servers to send Ajax-based information to browsers. Because browsers don't expect information from servers without having made a request, you can either do this with polling, by holding open an HTTP connection, or by sending more information with a response than the browser requested. In other words, reverse Ajax equals regular Ajax plus one or another stupid HTTP trick we used to use back in the Web 1.0 days.


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