On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Background JavaScript worker threads
>
> Not super high-priority for our largely client-server site. Can be
> useful if you're doing some heavy work in JS, though, since you can have
> it run in background without freezing the user interface.
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.
> * Geolocation services
>
> Also available in a standardized form in upcoming Firefox 3.5. Could be
> useful for geographic-based search ('show me interesting articles on
> places near me') and 'social'-type things like letting people know about
> local meetups (like the experimental 'geonotice' that's been running
> sometimes on the watchlist page).
>
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?
Marco
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