A warning on CSS performance
When it comes to CSS performance, I would like you to remember this one thing:
"Architecture is outside the braces, performance is inside." | ||
| --Ben Frain | ||
Let me expand on my little maxim:
As far as I am able to prove, worrying about whether a CSS selector (the part outside the curly braces), is fast or slow is pointless. I set out to prove this at http://benfrain.com/css-performance-revisited-selectors-bloat-expensive-styles/.
However, one thing that really can grind a page to a halt, CSS wise, is 'expensive' properties (the parts inside the curly braces). When we use the term 'expensive', in relation to certain styles, it simply means it costs the browser a lot of overhead. It's something that the browser finds overly ...
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