Gerhardus,

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> Typical application would be were you would want to see to the minute values
> without resubmitting(refreshing) every 30 seconds. The tradeoff would
> posibly be a slower server but far less network traffic.

currently you are not forced to ping the server if you always want fresh
data.
You can build exactly what you want with triggers and events.
Is there any reason why you feel it's not enough?
Ciao
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