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by SupermanScott 5171 days ago
But what about WebSockets in non-browser contexts. I have to wonder if Square does this with its SocketRocket http://corner.squareup.com/2012/02/socketrocket-websockets.h...

Think of desktop apps that keep a connection to the server and are awaiting messages from it. I think it might get interesting, maybe not the best application of WebSockets, but interesting. Your Email client wouldn't have to poll every X seconds to see if new mail has arrived.