How does the live, real-time typing work in Google Wave?

Question

I\'m sure Wave doesn\'t poll the server every millisecond to find out if the other user has typed something... so how can I see what the other person is typing as they type? And

Answer 1

Probably comet for now websocket in the future. Because it works in Firefox 3.5 and from what I've read the websocket is only available in the nightly builds of FF... I could be wrong though... as it appears to not work in IE at all.