From 1cf4e4a8a2b6c531c644fe33ddb91de06019f359 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antonio Scandurra <as-cii@github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 09:47:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] :memo: Remember why we added backgroundThrottling

---
 src/browser/atom-window.coffee | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/browser/atom-window.coffee b/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
index d70bda297..c2909f8c9 100644
--- a/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ class AtomWindow
       # thus we should remove this as soon as a fix gets released.
       backgroundColor: "#fff"
       webPreferences:
+        # Prevent specs from throttling when the window is in the background:
+        # this should result in faster CI builds, and an improvement in the
+        # local development experience when running specs through the UI (which
+        # now won't pause when e.g. minimizing the window).
         backgroundThrottling: not @isSpec
 
     # Don't set icon on Windows so the exe's ico will be used as window and