- From: Alexey Feldgendler <alexeyf@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:58:02 +0100
- To: public-webapps@w3.org, "Alex Komoroske" <komoroske@chromium.org>, "Charles McCathieNevile" <chaals@opera.com>
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:51:17 +0100, Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com> wrote: >> Use cases > > * An app can provide notifications (using the Web Notification stuff > that is under developemnt) when it is not visible/focused, but skip them > when it is to minimise distractions and reduce cognitive load > * An application can (try to) communicate with the currently focused > application. This is essentially what a whole class of extensions does > in practice. Enabling it for general HTML would be a step towards making > it possible to share different functionality extensions. Right now, it > would rely on out-of-band agreement about how to communicate, but that > is perfectly feasible in practice. It also introduces a clear > requirement for a security discussion (see the paper that Art posted > recently...). Also, an app that knows it's invisible can stop, for example, some expensive canvas rendering that no-one will see, making your laptop battery happier. -- Alexey Feldgendler Software Developer, Desktop Team, Opera Software ASA [ICQ: 115226275] http://my.opera.com/feldgendler/
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