On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Brian Blakely <anewpage.me...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree, that would be valuable. This proposal is coming from the > direction that sweeping out the main thread, and leaving only what is > necessary for a full Canvas experience, would benefit such > experiences. > > Blink doesn't actually schedule anything related to CSS or layout on the main thread if all you're doing is drawing to <canvas> so you wouldn't be saving any main thread time. I doubt having those features is causing you any jank. They do use some memory, but for a document with nothing but a <canvas> I suspect it's very little. - E