Re:jQuery or CSS3 transitions? Speed comparison + brief empi...
by mcot2 on Sunday January 15, 2012 @01:36PM
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I suspect what is holding it up is both browser support and the time required to get it right. Maybe they don't use animate but provide a separate wrapper.
Keep in mind, the specs are rather large. When people talk about CSS "animations" there really talking about at least 3 specs, maybe 4. CSS 2D transforms, CSS 3D transforms, CSS transitions and CSS animation. There is a lot of work to get it right and tested in a nice JS wrapper, not to mention making it work with an existing JS based API.
Keep in mind, the specs are rather large. When people talk about CSS "animations" there really talking about at least 3 specs, maybe 4. CSS 2D transforms, CSS 3D transforms, CSS transitions and CSS animation. There is a lot of work to get it right and tested in a nice JS wrapper, not to mention making it work with an existing JS based API.