3D Animation on the IPhone with Webkit CSS Transforms

Posted on 10/05/2008 @ 04:06AM

3D Animation on the IPhone with Webkit CSS TransformsWebkit's new CSS properties are kicking up some dust, especially since they let you do 2D and 3D animation with only CSS and some Javascript. This means that we can do a good amount of Flash-like animations on the iPhone without having to wait on a Flash plugin. I cooked up a demo to show off some of these, have a look and feel free to give me some feedback. You'll need an iPhone or Webkit to view it properly.

This is another point for Javascript/CSS in the battle of the web animation technologies. Especially in the mobile world where bandwidth is so limited, it's a relief to have powerful, unobtrusive, no-plugin-required alternatives to Flash for the simple - and now, more advanced - animation tasks.