No backbuffer removal delay needed with 3d enabled

lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Grid.js

@@ -189,24 +189,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Grid = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest, {
      */
     backBufferLonLat: null,
 
-    /**
-     * Property: backBufferTimerId
-     * {Number} The id of the back buffer timer. This timer is used to
-     *     delay the removal of the back buffer, thereby preventing
-     *     flash effects caused by tile animation.
-     */
-    backBufferTimerId: null,
-
-    /**
-     * APIProperty: removeBackBufferDelay
-     * {Number} Delay for removing the backbuffer when all tiles have finished
-     *     loading. Can be set to 0 when no css opacity transitions for the
-     *     olTileImage class are used. Default is 0 for <singleTile> layers,
-     *     2500 for tiled layers. See <className> for more information on
-     *     tile animation.
-     */
-    removeBackBufferDelay: null,
-
     /**
      * APIProperty: className
      * {String} Name of the class added to the layer div. If not set in the
@@ -236,8 +218,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Grid = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest, {
      *     transition: opacity 0.2s linear;
      * }
      * (end)
-     * In that case, to avoid flash effects, <removeBackBufferDelay>
-     *     should not be zero.
      */
     className: null,
 
@@ -311,10 +291,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Grid = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest, {
         this.tileQueue = [];
         this._removeBackBuffer = OpenLayers.Function.bind(this.removeBackBuffer, this);
 
-        if (this.removeBackBufferDelay === null) {
-            this.removeBackBufferDelay = this.singleTile ? 0 : 2500;
-        }
-        
         if (this.className === null) {
             this.className = this.singleTile ? 'olLayerGridSingleTile' :
                                                'olLayerGrid';
@@ -354,10 +330,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Grid = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest, {
             this.moveTimerId = null;
         }
         this.clearTileQueue();
-        if(this.backBufferTimerId !== null) {
-            window.clearTimeout(this.backBufferTimerId);
-            this.backBufferTimerId = null;
-        }
     },
 
     /**
@@ -426,7 +398,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Grid = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest, {
         obj.gridResolution = null;
         // same for backbuffer and tile queue
         obj.backBuffer = null;
-        obj.backBufferTimerId = null;
         obj.tileQueue = [];
         obj.tileQueueId = null;
         obj.loading = false;
@@ -686,9 +657,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Grid = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest, {
      * resolution - {Number} The resolution to transition to.
      */
     applyBackBuffer: function(resolution) {
-        if(this.backBufferTimerId !== null) {
-            this.removeBackBuffer();
-        }
         var backBuffer = this.backBuffer;
         if(!backBuffer) {
             backBuffer = this.createBackBuffer();
@@ -778,10 +746,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Grid = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest, {
             this.div.removeChild(this.backBuffer);
             this.backBuffer = null;
             this.backBufferResolution = null;
-            if(this.backBufferTimerId !== null) {
-                window.clearTimeout(this.backBufferTimerId);
-                this.backBufferTimerId = null;
-            }
         }
     },
 
@@ -1137,17 +1101,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Grid = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest, {
                 this.loading = false;
                 this.events.triggerEvent("loadend");
                 if(this.backBuffer) {
-                    this._transitionElement = tile.imgDiv;
+                    this.removeBackBuffer();
-                    for (var i=this.transitionendEvents.length-1; i>=0; --i) {
-                        OpenLayers.Event.observe(this._transitionElement,
-                            this.transitionendEvents[i],
-                            this._removeBackBuffer);
-                    }
-                    // the removal of the back buffer is delayed to prevent
-                    // flash effects due to the animation of tile displaying
-                    this.backBufferTimerId = window.setTimeout(
-                        this._removeBackBuffer, this.removeBackBufferDelay
-                    );
                 }
             }
         };