On Monday, October 20, 2014 10:29:18 AM UTC+2, Jonas Sicking wrote:
> Use setTimeout if you want the timer to fire only as long as the app is still 
> running. For example to implement some in-game action that's supposed to 
> happen at a certain time.
> 
> Use the mozAlarm API if you need the timer to fire even if the app is not 
> currently running. For example to display a notification to the user that 
> it's time to pick up your kids from school, or to synchronize emails.
> 
> Never ever use a wake lock and setTimeout to accomplish the latter use case. 
> Wake locks use a lot of battery.
> 
> / Jonas
> 
> On Oct 15, 2014 1:58 AM, "Jan Jongboom" <[email protected]> wrote:
> If I add a setTimeout() call in system, but I don't have a CPU wake lock, can 
> I assume that this function will be called?
> 
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Note that there might be a problem with this: 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079842
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