On 4/17/09 6:45 PM, Marco Schuster wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Brion Vibber<br...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> * Background JavaScript worker threads > > You mean...stuff like bots written in Javascript, using the XML API? > I could imagine also sending mails via Special:Emailuser in the background > to reach multiple recipients - that's a PITA if you want send mails to > multiple users.
Perhaps... but note that the i/o for XMLHTTPRequest is asynchronous to begin with -- it's really only if you're doing heavy client-side _processing_ that you're likely to benefit from a background worker thread. (Background threads also cannot directly touch the DOM or any objects in your foreground thread. You need to pass stuff in and out through indirect messages.) >> * Geolocation services >> > That sounds kinda interesting, even if the accuracy on non-GPS-enabled > devices isn't that high... can this in any way be joined with the OSM > integration? It sure could! :) -- brion _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
