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		elinchrome on Feb 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 90s Cursor Effects Those were faster in the late 90s. How is it so slow?

tamana on Feb 7, 2016 | [–]

How did it work back then? A transparent canvas overlay? CSS element position changes?

PavlovsCat on Feb 7, 2016 | | [–]

> A transparent canvas overlay

Yes. Using the DOM for a lot of individual spans totally kills this.

rescbr on Feb 7, 2016 | [–]

My guesses: OOP-style JS and translate3D CSS for moving the objects around.

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