* Some will argue that realtime web technologies aren't really realtime. * The main thing is that the data related to an event is delivered so it still has context
* You don't want your users thinking "WAT" when they see the data that's been delivered * And you certainly don't want critical systems doing the same.
* e.g. growl notifications
* Live stats * Live blogs * Also an example of 2nd screen * And you can also see how this ties into betting scenarios
* At face value this isn't the most interesting of slides * It's taken me a while to work out why this is valuable - to understand why it's more then just a gimick * It gives you the opportunity to see the result of doing something - instantly! * It gives you the opportunity to react!
* From this UI you can start interacting with trade systems and traders * This leads me to the one of the core concepts when using Realtime Web Technologies - Interaction