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I think as an art project it's interesting, like building the Sistine Chapel out of lego blocks, but every time I read about one of these demos there are always

I think as an art project it's interesting, like building the Sistine Chapel out of lego blocks, but every time I read about one of these demos there are always several people in the thread who complain that it maxes out their CPU, so it's not very practical. This problem may one day be solved, but using CSS as a programming language would for me be a horrible prospect. That being said, if you told me several years ago that people would be using JavaScript on the server I would have laughed.

melling 13y ago
No one is going to solve the problem unless there's a need for it. Developers jumping in and using CSS now creates the need. It's probably just a matter of getting enough hardware acceleration. I sort of agree that WebGL is probably a better solution. However, people experimenting can lead to serendipity. At the very least, browser vendors now have other to optimize their CSS implementations.
- michaelwww 13y ago
  > Developers jumping in and using CSS now creates the need. Agreed. That's a good thing. I haven't looked into why it's so slow but I can't think of a reason why it can't be faster.