Delayed/Background Processing

This basically means that some processes that took a long time to complete are done behind the scenes without you and your browser having to wait for them to be completed. This is a fancy way of saying that some things that took a long time now seem to happen almost instantaneously.

For example, the old way to handle deleting a project would be

1. User requests that a project be deleted

2. Each of the project's files (videos, images etc) gets deleted, one-by-one along with the different sized versions Seamless makes for the admin area and the portfolio etc

3. The project itself is deleted

4. Control of the browser is given back to the user and a confirmation message is displayed

The new way is exactly the same, apart from we jump from step 1 to step 4 instantly, the project appears to have been deleted and you, the user, can get on with doing something else while steps 2 and 3 happen in the background.