Do iOS devices render the CSS3 animations/transforms/transitions more smoothly than if I were to use jQuery to do the same animation?
Do iOS devices render the CSS3 animations/transforms/transitions more smoothly than if I were to
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Do iOS devices render the CSS3 animations/transforms/transitions more smoothly than if I were to use jQuery to do the same animation?
CSS3 transitions are massively faster on iOS and should be used whenever possible in preference to the old way of doing things.
If you combine transitions with transforms then you get the benefit that things are hardware accelerated, meaning that animations are very fluid, especially when many are happening at once.
Of course, you’ll need to test it to see, but it’s fairly easy to write a function that allows you to abstract this away. Here’s one I wrote a while back – not the greatest, but it’s an easy way to start off: http://css3.bradshawenterprises.com/legacy/