[whatwg] <eventsource>/RemoteEventSource wierdness

Anne van Kesteren annevk at opera.com
Mon Mar 2 17:16:13 PST 2009


On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:06:30 +0900, Michael Nordman <michaeln at google.com>  
wrote:
> I was under the impression that postMessage() was directed at a
> particular window (or context). Does postMessage have a broadcast
> capability?
>
> Storage events have a broadcast'ish nature to them. Multiple windows
> (or contexts) will receive storage events as changes are made to the
> 'storage' area. The sender does not need to know anything about the
> receivers or of their existence.

Sorry, I misunderstood what you meant.


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