requestanimationframe.js

/**
 * requestAnimationFrame polyfill by Erik Möller & Paul Irish et. al.
 * https://gist.github.com/1866474
 *
 * http://paulirish.com/2011/requestanimationframe-for-smart-animating/
 * http://my.opera.com/emoller/blog/2011/12/20/requestanimationframe-for-smart-er-animating
**/

/*jshint asi: false, browser: true, curly: true, eqeqeq: true, forin: false, newcap: true, noempty: true, strict: true, undef: true */

(function( window ) {

  'use strict';

  var lastTime = 0;
  var prefixes = 'webkit moz ms o'.split(' ');
  // get unprefixed rAF and cAF, if present
  var requestAnimationFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame;
  var cancelAnimationFrame = window.cancelAnimationFrame;
  // loop through vendor prefixes and get prefixed rAF and cAF
  var prefix;
  for( var i = 0; i < prefixes.length; i++ ) {
    if ( requestAnimationFrame && cancelAnimationFrame ) {
      break;
    }
    prefix = prefixes[i];
    requestAnimationFrame = requestAnimationFrame || window[ prefix + 'RequestAnimationFrame' ];
    cancelAnimationFrame  = cancelAnimationFrame  || window[ prefix + 'CancelAnimationFrame' ] ||
                              window[ prefix + 'CancelRequestAnimationFrame' ];
  }

  // fallback to setTimeout and clearTimeout if either request/cancel is not supported
  if ( !requestAnimationFrame || !cancelAnimationFrame ) {
    requestAnimationFrame = function( callback, element ) {
      var currTime = new Date().getTime();
      var timeToCall = Math.max( 0, 16 - ( currTime - lastTime ) );
      var id = window.setTimeout( function() {
        callback( currTime + timeToCall );
      }, timeToCall );
      lastTime = currTime + timeToCall;
      return id;
    };

    cancelAnimationFrame = function( id ) {
      window.clearTimeout( id );
    };
  }

  // put in global namespace
  window.requestAnimationFrame = requestAnimationFrame;
  window.cancelAnimationFrame = cancelAnimationFrame;

})( window );