[html5] WebSockets v7

[msacks]

Thanks for this Ian. I will update my facts as well. Is binary data a
feature introduced in version 10 of the protocol?

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, msacks wrote:
>>
>> Firefox announced today on their blog that Firefox 6 now has support
>> for the latest specification of WebSockets, v7.
>
> This version number refers to the protocol, I believe.
>
>> I tried diffing through CVS and comparing the editors draft against
>> the TR version, but I couldn't derive what high level features this
>> update to the WebSocket API includes?
>
> The API isn't versioned. You can track changes here:
>
>   http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker
>
> At a high level, in the WebSocket section, the only recent significant
> change was the addition of support for binary data.
>
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