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Does anyone remember "push technology" from the late 90s? That's totally what the Pownce client is. (Or Twitterific, I guess, or anything else that notifies you with updates so you don't have to go look at the website every five minutes.)

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1 year ago by Jason S.

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  • Eran G. replied Jul 3, 2007
    yeah and so is RSS and Atom and feeds in general...
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    Eddie C. replied Jul 3, 2007
    I miss PointCast. Isn't that what RSS is for today?
  • Jason S. replied Jul 3, 2007
    Actually, I just realized I'm off. "Push" was all about it getting to you whether you had something pulling it or not. Emails on your pager and whatnot. You pull RSS feeds, they don't show up suddenly in your face. So by that token, I'm wrong about the Pownce client, et. al.

    But yeah, duh, RSS. Where's my fucking coffee?
  • Richard A. replied Jul 3, 2007
    Pull is about user prefs and perms. Push is like, lookout, I'm pushing some shit your way! Duck!
  • Jason S. replied Jul 3, 2007
    "The web browser is about to croak." Haw haw haw! Oh, 1997, you so crazy.

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