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requestAnimationFrame polyfill
// requestAnimationFrame polyfill by @rma4ok
!function (window) {
var
equestAnimationFrame = 'equestAnimationFrame',
requestAnimationFrame = 'r' + equestAnimationFrame,
ancelAnimationFrame = 'ancelAnimationFrame',
cancelAnimationFrame = 'c' + ancelAnimationFrame,
expectedTime = 0,
vendors = ['moz', 'ms', 'o', 'webkit'],
vendor;
while (!window[requestAnimationFrame] && (vendor = vendors.pop())) {
window[requestAnimationFrame] = window[vendor + 'R' + equestAnimationFrame];
window[cancelAnimationFrame] =
window[vendor + 'C' + ancelAnimationFrame] ||
window[vendor + 'CancelR' + equestAnimationFrame];
}
if (!window[requestAnimationFrame]) {
window[requestAnimationFrame] = function (callback) {
var
currentTime = +new Date,
adjustedDelay = 16 - (currentTime - expectedTime),
delay = adjustedDelay > 0 ? adjustedDelay : 0;
expectedTime = currentTime + delay;
return setTimeout(function () {
callback(expectedTime);
}, delay);
};
window[cancelAnimationFrame] = clearTimeout;
}
}(this);
@yckart
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yckart commented Jan 18, 2013

@wamatt for better minification i would say...

@ddon
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ddon commented Feb 26, 2013

and why use !function in the first line? :)

@Gerst20051
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@ddon calling an anonymous function the bang converts it to an expression from a function declaration.

@yckart
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yckart commented Apr 15, 2013

Mhh, since +new Date is slower than (new Date).getTime(). I would recommend to use the latter. http://jsperf.com/date-now-vs-date-gettime/6

...and by the way, most modern browsers (i.e. IE9+) support Date.now() so we can use it and fallback to getTime().

@arindamnayak
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@yckart , how it helps in minification, it's just variable reuse only

@beige90
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beige90 commented Nov 5, 2014

@arindamnayak

Since 'requestAnimationFrame' starts with capital 'R' in vendor-prefixed funtion names like 'webkitRequestAnimationFrame' and it is used multiple times, it's better to use in that way.

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