THIS IS AN MUA PROJECT PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE OR HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR POSSIBLE MUA FUNDING.  ANY EXISTING TRACKER ITEMS THAT THIS MIGHT DUPLICATE SHOULD BE LINKED TO BELOW.  
 

We should replace the current code in the messaging interface that polls the server for new messages with websockets to more efficiently perform these operations.

This will improve the performance of the messaging interface and make it feel more responsive for users that would like to conduct real time conversations in it.