[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 107609] REGRESSION(r139800): animations with start delay may not animate if page becomes hidden

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107609





--- Comment #6 from Beth Dakin <bdakin at apple.com>  2013-01-22 22:11:08 PST ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > > Animation events do not fire while page is hidden.
> > 
> > I tend to think this is correct behavior, but I am open to a discussion.
> > 
> > > Animations do not make progress while page is hidden.
> > 
> > Personally I like this behavior as well, but I do think it's open to discussion. 
> 
> I think these are effectively the same issue. I am concerned that this change diverges from IE and Firefox. I think there are many use cases where animations  align with real time and will be impacted/ made more difficult.
> 
> eg. http://www.paulrhayes.com/experiments/clock/#clock

Hmm! Thank you for that example; it is a compelling demo for the alternate behavior. Thinking this over…

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