Why aren't browsers smart enough to hardware accelerate without tricks?

Question

There are tons of webpages these days recommending you add these rules to your content to make it hardware accelerated:

transform: translate3d(0,0,0);
-webki         


        

Answer 1

For more on the webkit approach, Ariya Hidayat (webkit reviewer) wrote a pretty good introductory blog post on hardware acceleration and webkit for our blog. Enjoy.

[The punchline is that HW acceleration can chew up lots of memory, so be judicious.]