JavaScript: EventSource Support Updated in Opera 10.70

The Official Opera Blog has announced that Opera 10.70 will feature a reimplementation of the EventSource API. I say “reimplementation” because Opera was actually the first modern browser to add support for Server Sent Events back in 2006.

The implementation was awkward and required a DOM element. Last week, Opera Core Concerns posted an update regarding the re-implementation of the formerly experimental feature, you can read about that here.

For more information about EventSource:

http://stage1.bocoup.com/blog/chrome-6-server-sent-events-with-new-eventsource

http://stage1.bocoup.com/blog/jquery-eventsource-yakyakface-com

http://github.com/rwldrn/jquery.eventsource

http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2010/10/19/introduction-to-server-sent-events/