I was watching everyone sit in the waiting room during cancer surgery when I noticed this little gem.
WebKit Gets New Features in Safari Mobile on iOS 6
Not a huge deal, but we can see where this is going. requestAnimationFrame and cancelAnimationFrame are very useful for – drum roll – JavaScript animation.
WebKit on iOS now supports the requestAnimationFrame and cancelAnimationFrame methods in JavaScript, as described here http://www.w3.org/TR/animation-timing/.
Note that because the specification is still at the Working Draft state, these methods have the webkit prefix, so they are window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame, window.webkitCancelAnimationFrame.
Looks like browser-based video games do have a future!
via iOS 6 beta download link: Apple’s iOS 6 now available to developers.
Eurozone agrees to lend Spain up to 100 bln euros
U.S. gasoline prices fall to $3.62 a gallon
Dammit! I like expensive gas. And it’s good for us – it’s our secret austerity program! Oh, well. At $3.62, I don’t think too many of US will be going for Sunday drives.
NY Times Article on “Good Grade” Pills
I didn’t realize how prevalent the ADD meds had become until I read this article in the New York Times.
