jQuery animate() and browser performance

Question

I\'ve got some elements that I\'m moving across the page very slowly. Essentially, I\'m decreasing the left margin of two images over a span of 40 seconds or so.

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Answer 1

Animations involve looping operations, and those will really crunch the CPU no matter what.

I dont know how easy it is to do with jQuery, but what needs to happen is the animation needs to consume less cycles. Either you make the ani a little more jagged (the display isnt as smooth), the looping needs to be optimized, or reduce the work of the ani.

40 seconds? isnt that a bit long for an animation? I thought they are sposed to be a little more immediate than that.