WorkerPool

• Create threads that do not hang the browser!

// main.js
var workerPool = google.gears.factory.create('beta.workerpool');

workerPool.onmessage = function(a, b, message) {
  alert('Received message from worker ' + message.sender + ': ' + message.text);
};

var childWorkerId = workerPool.createWorkerFromUrl('worker.js');

workerPool.sendMessage('Hello, world!', childWorkerId);

// worker.js
var wp = google.gears.workerPool;
wp.onmessage = function(a, b, message) {
  wp.sendMessage('Received: ' + message.text, message.sender);
}