How does ICEspresso differ from other chat packages?
We do not attempt to make comparison between specific packages. We intend to highlight the strengths of ICEspresso. ICEspresso provides true “push” solution for real-time chat service. Traditionally, page refresh is done using tag. Recent technology improvement brings the practical use of AJAX that accounts for dynamic content update in a more viable way. However, AJAX in chat room implementation is still polling-based which creates unnecessary traffic. The real-timeness varies depending on how often client polls. ICEspresso on the hand does not suffer from these two drawbacks. Latest data/message is sent to you right away instead of you asking for it periodically.
