I know real-time chatting app definitely needs reverse AJAX.But how about other applications that real-time function is not so important?
Say there is a notification function like on Stackoverflow. When people answer your question you get a notification. Probably this is not so important for user to get notified immediately when there is a new answer.
Does this kind of function needs a reverse AJAX? Or it is good enough to set it as a basic AJAX that request the new notification every 60 seconds? Does the basic AJAX consume a lot of server resources? How to choose between them?