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Forever frames are HTML frames used for infinitely sending requests to servers instead of polling.

Definition:

A forever frame is an HTML frame which is used to load a web-page while actively preventing itself from loading (theoretically loading forever), for reasons obtained from rumors that it reduces latency 3x compared to long polling.

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What is the difference between Forever-frame and server sent events?

This question is really similar with this question:What is the difference between web sockets, long polling, server-sent events and forever frame? However, this question's answer doesn't mention the difference between SSE and Forever-frame. Let me…
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SignalR ForeverFrame transport does not work unless IIS site is accessed locally

I have a .NET 4.5 application based on SignalR. Server backend is written in C#, and I only have Javascript clients connecting to my hub. Currently I'm testing the latest SignalR version 2.2.2. My application is often hosted on older Windows Server…
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How I can see Signalr Forever-Frame messages in Fiddler?

How I can see Signalr Forever-Frame messages in Fiddler? I swich on Stream in Fiddler, but don't see Forever-Frame messages from my server to client, how to see it in Fiddler?
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Why does SIgnalR prefer Forever Frames over polling?

I am learning to use SignalR and so far I had success in doing so. I can implement Hubs, I can implement business logic, I can invoke client-side functions from server for whom I want, I can invoke server-side methods from client-side, this stuff is…
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Memory churn when using WebSocket fallback (HTTP streaming using XMLHttpRequest)

In a WebSocket fallback using HTTP streaming I can see that XmlHttpRequest#responseText is invoked each time the readystate changes (and is >= 3). The WHATWG living standard says that the text response is ...the result of running decode on received…
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