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by ELV1S 5342 days ago
LiveReload should works on every browser that supports WebSockets. It should work on modern WebKit-based mobile browsers.

Live.js uses polling. It sends XHR HEAD request every second.

LiveReload monitors file changes using FSEvents (on Mac OS X) and inotify (on Linux). When the file modified, it pushes its path to the browser and reloads immediately.
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benatkin 5342 days ago
> Live.js uses polling. It sends XHR HEAD request every second.

The horror!

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hnwh 5342 days ago
It is horror when you forget about it, and push it up to production
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benatkin 5342 days ago
Has nothing to do with Live.js then. Isn't really even about a developer's forgetfulness when pushing to production. It would be about failure to set up different production and development environments, which can cause problems much worse than a wasteful AJAX call.
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