[stcredzero]

Exactly what I was thinking. This is the third recent post to HN using "real-time" in this fashion. They're hijacking a term which already has widespread use and which, "doesn't mean what they think it does," to hijack a line from Princess Bride.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_computing

[ZachS]

I use "real-time" in this fashion because describing it as "soft real-time" seems weird.

[mhd]

Didn't we call websites that update without a manual page reload "AJAX" just a few minutes ago? And yes, even if there's no XML present, but at least it's an abuse of a pretty new, web-specific term.

I propose we call all that stuff "FEFYOM" (Fast Enough For You Old Man) from now on.

[wmf]

AJAX is where you click on something and then the page updates. Comet is where the page updates without the user having to initiate anything.

[pork]

Fascinating...so wrapping an Ajax call inside a window.setInterval automatically switches it to "Comet"?

[udp]

Source?

[stcredzero]

If I ever write a manga with cute girls travelling the galaxy in a super-fancy ship, I'm going to name the ship the "Fefyom."