requestAnimationInterval

gistfile1.js

/* 
   requestAnimationInterval()
  
   A sort of replacement for setInterval that uses requestAnimationFrame. 


   var myFunction = function (timestamp) {
      // do some stuff
   }

   var interval = requestAnimationInterval(myFunction, 1000);

   ...
   
   interval.stop();
   
   ...
   
   interval.start();

*/


var requestAnimationInterval = function (callback, interval) {
    var running = true;

    var tick = function () {
        requestAnimationFrame(function (timestamp) {
            callback(timestamp);
            if (running) setTimeout(tick, interval);
        });
    };

    tick();

    return {
        stop: function () {
            running = false;
        },
        start: function () {
            if (!running) {
                running = true;
                tick();
            }
        }
    };

};