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		icebraining on April 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PhoneGap vs. Native: Some Thoughts on Going Native I'm not a mobile webdev, but about (2), did you try using Webworkers for the background tasks? iOS Safari supports it nowadays, right?

newhouseb on April 17, 2012 | [–]

Yeah, but they must be in a separate file, among other things. They're really not feasible for lightweight dispatch like GCD is.

freddywang on April 17, 2012 | [–]

Web workers doesn't really work. Somehow, It still blocks the main UI thread.

ef4 on April 17, 2012 | [–]

That's a bummer. I was planning to rely on them soon.

Any links to more detail?

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