WebSocketsBesides extensive capabilities for displaying multimedia content on the web, incorporating the WebSockets protocol into the HTML 5 standard ensures that content providers have an alternative to presenting content previously based on Flash technology, which is at least equivalent and in many ways better. Particularly regarding performance and security, the HTML 5 / WebSockets combination has huge advantages over Flash. For this reason, more and more e-resource providers are switching access to database content to HTML 5 and WebSockets. This however has consequences. Using WebSockets establishes a permanent connection between the user and the server, enabling data transfer in both directions. Consequently, this content cannot be provided through a server using a variable proxy server.

To ensure database content availability for all our customers, HAN now supports the WebSockets protocol. H + H Software GmbH is the first company to respond to this new market demand.

By releasing the provider's database content with HTML 5 code, even iOS device owners can use this advantage. This is not possible with Flash-based apps.