Node.JS Looking for an alternative to socket.IO

Question

I tested Node.JS and Socket.IO for several days. I'm interested in a real-time application, why am I testing Socket.IO, the problem is that I found a lot of problems in multiple browsers. Chrome always works, but IE and Firefox only a few times.

My question is: is there a way to move information from server to client without sockets (socket.io)? I do not want to set the interval in the client and verify that something changes on the server side every "n" seconds.

Answer 1

Some errors have recently appeared in Socket.IO, but they are actively working, so I recommend you check back later (maybe even now it works better, since commits are made almost every day). This is the problem you should observe: http://github.com/LearnBoost/Socket.IO-node/issues#issue/63

Answer 2

Faye is a good alternative to Socket.IO for Node.js push applications.

From the Faye website:

Faye is an easy-to-use Bayeux-based signature message publishing system. This provides messaging servers for Node.js and Rack, and clients for use in Node and Ruby and in the browser.

Answer 3

You can try a lengthy survey. It is relatively simple, and it will work in almost any browser. Check this:

http://jsguy.com/?p=103

Hope this helps