[html5] WebSockets v7

msacks ntwrkd at gmail.com
Tue Aug 16 13:04:57 PDT 2011


s/current/stable.

Version 10 being "latest"

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:00 PM, msacks <ntwrkd at gmail.com> wrote:
> So I do not mis-reference my updates, would it be safe to cite you
> guys as sources as engineers working with the W3C?
>
> Reference of FFX 6 using version 7 of the protocol:
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en/WebSockets
>
> Does the current API spec implement all features of version 10?
>
> Would version 7 be considered current?
>
> Thanks for your insights. I am trying to paint a clear picture of how
> this particular browser, the API, and the spec all work together.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:51 PM, msacks <ntwrkd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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>>>
>>
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