Google is exploring the idea of limiting JavaScript timer wake ups in background webpages starting with Chrome 86, which is shipping a new experimental feature behind chrome://flags. This way, Google ...

Originally extracted from a game engine I wrote, I found these timers extremely useful elsewhere. It provides five little timer abstractions which make using timers in Javascript a little easier.

Google is looking at ways to extend the battery life of devices running Chrome with significant numbers of tabs open in the background. The search giant has announced that starting with Chrome 86, it ...