Re: [whatwg] [canvas] request for {create, get, put}ImageDataHD and ctx.backingStorePixelRatio

2012-04-22 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > All JavaScript that runs on the main thread has the potential to "freeze > the UI for all pages sharing that thread". > APIs on the main thread are designed to allow developers to avoid doing just that. If the *only* way to do somethin

Re: [whatwg] [canvas] request for {create, get, put}ImageDataHD and ctx.backingStorePixelRatio

2012-04-22 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:53 AM, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > You could also address this by adding a way to be notified when the contents > of an ImageData are available without blocking. That would work with both > vanilla getImageData and t