I've re-done the original demo using jQuery's step function (dunno why I didn't think of this before). Much improved: http://dev.jquery.com/~john/ticket/animatetest/
--John On 7/9/07, Sean Catchpole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/9/07, Glen Lipka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A big question in my mind is: On a slow machine with ONE animation: Is > > doing it this way smoother than not? Does CSS manipulation of a single > > animation make it smoother? What is the gating factor for a slow computer? > > CPU or Ram or Video card? Or all three? How can one test this? > > On slow machines the problem is redraw speed. With the CSS method all > the elements are lined up together, but there is still lag between > each redraw. > > Since this method might be a good deal more bloated than the jquery > animate function I also recommend not including it in the core, at > least for the time being. > > ~Sean >