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Intent to Implement: requestIdleCallback
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Andreas Farre
Apr 19, 2016, 12:26:18 PM4/19/16
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Summary:
Add an API on Window for requesting a callback when the user agent is
idle.
With requestIdleCallback web developers will be able to schedule
background computation tasks on the event loop that has a better
chance of not interfering with other more time-critical operations.
Bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1198381
Link to standard: https://w3c.github.io/requestidlecallback/
Platform coverage: Android, Desktop
Estimated or target release: Firefox 50
Preference behind which this will be implemented:
dom.requestIdleCallback.enabled
Do other browser engines implement this:
* Blink: shipped since Chrome 47[1]
* Edge: no, but publicly supported[2]
[1]
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/requestIdleCallback
[2] https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5572795866021888
Add an API on Window for requesting a callback when the user agent is
idle.
With requestIdleCallback web developers will be able to schedule
background computation tasks on the event loop that has a better
chance of not interfering with other more time-critical operations.
Bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1198381
Link to standard: https://w3c.github.io/requestidlecallback/
Platform coverage: Android, Desktop
Estimated or target release: Firefox 50
Preference behind which this will be implemented:
dom.requestIdleCallback.enabled
Do other browser engines implement this:
* Blink: shipped since Chrome 47[1]
* Edge: no, but publicly supported[2]
[1]
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/requestIdleCallback
[2] https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5572795866021888
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