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Why does JSON have to be involved at all? A binary format using UDP packets would perform much better.

I was trying to use SyncPad with my dad last night to try out as a means of doing Hangul lessons over the net, and performance was usable but uncomfortably laggy.

It sounds like he tried to figure out how to process binary data with Node.js using "Buffers" but didn't get it working before switching to Erlang.

contact me @roder to talk about the performance. There was a bug in 1.0 on the iPad app that didn't keep the line up with your finger. Now in 1.0.1, which is in the queue for approval, that has been resolved. Hopefully the network stuff was ~ok~

SyncPad 1.0.1 is approved, see if that fixed your problem (I suppose your lag was local)

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