As I suspected and mentioned, Google suggest is getting a lot of play around the net. A Notes developer has blogged a Domino implementation (perhaps I should send him my code)… Another developer has blogged a complete dissection of how the Google version works… And, lo and behold, Apple has an article describing the IFRAME/Javascript technique. They call it Remote Scripting… I kinda like backchannel conduit better, but hey, I’m not a marketing guy.

Glad the technique is getting some airtime. It’s pretty handy.

The thing I find funny is how everyone is so amazed at the speed. But think about it. You’re doing a single trip back to the server for a file that’s probably less than a couple hundred bytes. That’s a single IP packet each way. Things are fast when you’re not loading a page with a bazillion graphics and whatnot on it, causing countless roundtrips to the server. Couple that with HTTP 1.1 holding the socket open and communication is pretty fast.