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Does anyone else worry that these animations are going to get seriously misused? I know they look pretty cool, but I can definitely see them becoming the post-W

• modeless 17y ago
  I'd argue that most simple UI animations are in fact presentational, not behavioral. One of the nice things about defining animations declaratively in CSS instead of procedurally in Javascript is that browsers will have control over the implementation. Your browser could easily have a "no animations" mode, or selectively disable certain animation types. Browsers can implement animations much more efficiently if they don't have to call Javascript every frame, and they can also separate animation from whatever else the page is doing; animations could be slowed or stopped in background tabs or low-battery situations while the page's Javascript continues running.
  • vidarh 17y ago
    Not to mention that it'll do wonders for keeping pages accessible where we'd otherwise risk people making them a mess of javascript...