> I think it's a very strong point that moving script code off the main thread can help achieve smooth UIs. No more GC pauses, no more slowdowns if the JS engin

> I think it's a very strong point that moving script code off the main thread can help achieve smooth UIs. No more GC pauses, no more slowdowns if the JS engine hits a snag, etc. BeOS took UI multithreading farther than any other environment I've ever used. And it paid off: I still think it might be the case that BeOS on circa 2000 hardware was more consistently responsive than any environment I have used before or since. More technical detail about BeOS's multithreaded UI design: http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=17348543&sid=e2925e09265cf8a3a0cab8347f5cc2e0#p17348543 http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=17348543&sid=e2...