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		naiquevin on Feb 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hello. I'm a compiler Yes, it's websockets. You can check it in Chrome by keeping the console open and refreshing the page. Would be interesting to test in IE. BTW, as much as I am amazed to see websockets in action, the real time updating of vote count feels creepy and distracting at the same time :-)

ck2 on Feb 19, 2013 | [–]

It makes me feel more connected though.

As long as it's not abused I think it's a clever use.

Have to research how to setup websocket server.

This looks like an impressive project http://socket.io/

mattmanser on Feb 19, 2013 | [–]

Yeah, I guess we're going to see a lot more bad UX abuse of this in the near future. It's very distracting.

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