- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:37:56 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Gregg Tavares (wrk) wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Gregg Tavares (wrk) wrote: > > > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Berend-Jan Wever wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 1) To give WebWorkers access to the DOM API so they can create their > > > > > own elements such as img, canvas, etc...? > > > > > > > > It's the API itself that isn't thread-safe, unfortunately. > > > > > > I didn't see the original thread but how is a WebWorker any different > > > from another webpage? Those run just fine in other threads and use the > > > DOM API. > > > > Web pages do not run in a different thread. > > Oh, sorry. I meant they run in a different process. At least in some > browsers. The goal here is interoperability with all browsers, not just some. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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