Performance of CSS Transitions vs. JS animation packages

Question

I\'m wondering is there any difference in performance of using CSS Transitions vs. any of the various JavaScript animation libraries? (script.aculo.us, sc

Answer 1

Yes, there is a difference, CSS is much faster. It may be difficult to see until you get many running at the same time or the more they do. CSS animations are limited though. In most cases they really only work off the :hover event. With JavaScript you can perform animations at any event: click, mouseover, mousemove, mouseout, keyup, keydown, etc.

In my opinion, jQuery is the best for JavaScript animations in 2010. See jQuery Demos