Re: [RequestAnimationFrame] ally: background animation rate: do not throttle from Boris Zbarsky on 2013-02-11 (public-web-perf@w3.org from February 2013)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:43:20 -0500
To: public-web-perf@w3.org
Message-ID: <51191198.9090400@mit.edu>

On 2/11/13 7:38 AM, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
> These might for instance include motion detection, when using a remote
> webcam, such as perhaps a baby monitor**.

This seems like a use case better served by setInterval.

The whole point of requestAnimationFrame is that it should be used for 
things that you want to run as the browser displays stuff.  For things 
that just need to run on a fixed timer, setInterval is a better fit.

-Boris

Received on Monday, 11 February 2013 15:43:48 UTC