Comment from Montoya
Jeff is advocating blinking in CSS. Oy. Anything between a 2Hz and 60Hz frequency is *unhealthy* to look at! That's what blinking does! I don't know how I feel about this animation support in Webkit,...
View ArticleComment from David Walsh
I don't see this idea to be useful at all. It seems like a complete IE6 type of move -- if it's not something that will be supported by everyone (IE, 'fox, Opera), why create it? What value does it...
View ArticleComment from Jeff Croft
@Chris: What's wrong with blinking? The bling HTML element was a bad idea, because a presentational property should not be part of HTML, but it would be perfect for CSS. Granted, the property would be...
View ArticleComment from Jermayn Parker
I am only half an expert compared to most hear but they way I see it is that CSS should stay for STYLING (hint: Cascading Style Sheet) :?
View ArticleComment from Már
Jonathan, my first impression with this idea was the same as yours. However, the more I think about it, the more appealing I find it. Bear with me for a moment... The common javascript syntax for most...
View ArticleComment from Ben
Michael - Multiple backgrounds are in the CSS3 specification for sure, but to be honest I have no idea why they aren't supported anywhere else yet. Adding more markup to achieve the same effect defeats...
View ArticleComment from Jakub Nesetril
@Johnathan: Why is a CSS solution better than a JavaScript solution?Because it allows visual layer animation to be decoupled from behavioral programming and coupled with visual styles that it belongs...
View ArticleComment from Michael Hoskins
Ben: Having multple backgrounds is a property of CSS3, not because the WebKit team is particularly clever. I was unaware, though, that the animations being discussed are for smooth transition...
View ArticleComment from Chris
I agree with Dave Hyatt, this type of animation is styling and belongs in CSS. Perhaps there'd be less confusion if we call it "CSS Transition Effects", rather than "CSS Animations". It doesn't do full...
View ArticleComment from Ben
Looking at this from a cross-browser development angle is nonsensical. Surely CSS is meant to enhance a person's experience of a website? Wouldn't you prefer your ice cream with chocolate sauce and a...
View ArticleComment from Gregory
This is bad, really bad. I already have enough trouble trying to get effects with Javascript working cross browser wise, and this can add some more confusion, frustration, headaches, and broken...
View ArticleComment from Johan
this sounds like Safari heading to Microsofts IE proprietary filters ... CSS is to give style to content not to animate content.
View ArticleComment from Kilian Valkhof
I'm with Anton on this one. Presentational animation in CSS seems logical, but you really want control. You want event triggering and you want better control over the conditions of those animations...
View ArticleComment from Jeff Croft
Jonathan: I totally agree with you that a JavaScript solution is probably better, as in it's probably more flexible, more robust, and more useful (after all, JavaScript is a full programming language,...
View ArticleComment from Michael Hoskins
I agree. This is far too familiar, like Microsoft's proprietary extensions to DOM, their half-assed CSS implementations, as well as proprietary CSS (filters that use DirectShow and those awesome page...
View ArticleComment from Anton
I'll probably just use Flash instead... neither CSS nor JS. ;-) Seriously though for a moment, for all the good points on both sides, I'm trying to think of a real-world situation where I will need an...
View ArticleComment from Jonathan Snook
Why is a CSS solution better than a JavaScript solution? How it addresses the technical issues (when did the animation start, what is the value at any given time, what happens when I try to access a...
View ArticleComment from Jakub Nesetril
It's border-line, but I tend to agree with Dave/Jeff. In my opinion, behavior means user-interaction. There can be two types of animation: animations that are part of visual presentation and animations...
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