On Jul 26, 2013, at 8:36 AM, dangerwillrobinsondan...@gmail.com wrote:

> 
> 
> On 2013/07/27, at 0:26, Scott Ribe <scott_r...@elevated-dev.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 26, 2013, at 8:13 AM, Steve Sisak <sgs-li...@codewell.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> It's worth noting that's very energy inefficient.
>>> 
>>> Once the WWDC sessions are back on line, watch 
>>> the energy efficiency sessions to see what's 
>>> happening with timers in Mavericks.
> 
> Good point. Though this timer is pretty little and the app wouldn't be doing 
> a lot else. 
> But it stands to reason that it could be battery friendly to suspend it when 
> the app is not visible. And to offer a battery power pref to suspend when 
> it's not the front application. 

Watch the WWDC videos. They explain why this isn't enough.

--Kyle Sluder

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