- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:53:23 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Arun Ranganathan <arun@mozilla.com>
- Cc: public-webapps@w3.org
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Arun Ranganathan 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? I'd be happy to volunteer to edit a specification for worker threads, whether this ends up as a separate spec in Web Apps or as an HTML5 chapter. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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