title: Improving CSS3 transition performance
body: <p>Does anyone have cheats or tips for how to improve the smoothness of CSS3 animation? I'm sliding the entire page to the left using a css transition and it's a bit more juttery than I'd like. It's a single element but it contains numerous rounded corners, gradients, drop shadows, etc as it's a complicated page.</p>
  
  <p>In flash actionscript, there is a handy property <code>cacheAsBitmap</code> which converts the animating element into a bitmap before the animation begins. This is a godsend and significantly speeds up certain types of animation. Is there anything like this for CSS? Are there any other tips out there to improve performance without simplifying the page design? I'm thinking things like enabling hardware acceleration or flagging the animation as high priority for the browser.</p>