http://updates.html5rocks.com/2012/05/requestAnimationFrame-API-now-with-sub-millisecond-precision tells me that recently (Chrome 20) requestAnimationFrame has gained a new
Paul Irish has suggested a polyfill for this.
window.requestAminFrame = (function(){ return window.requestAminFrame || window.webkitRequestAnimFrame || window.mozRequestAnimFrame || window.msRequestAnimFrame || window.oRequestAnimFrame || function(func){return setTimeout(func,1/60);}; })();