Re: Worker Threads and Site Security Policy | Two Possible New Items for Standardization

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Arun Ranganathan <arun@mozilla.com> wrote:
> 1. Worker Threads in Script.  The idea is to offer developers the ability to
> spawn threads from within web content, as well as cross-thread communication
> mechanisms such as postMessage.  Mozilla presents preliminary thought on the
> subject [1], and notes similar straw persons proposed by WHATWG [2] and by
> Google Gears [3].  Also for reference see worker threads in C# [4].  The Web
> Apps working group seems like a logical home for this work.  Will other
> members of the WG engage with Mozilla on this, via additional work items
> covered by the charter of this WG?

Sounds good to Gears. We'd be interested in participating in this.

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