To me, this "60fps or bust" notion that seems to have come up recently is complete and utter nonsense. It's masturbatory technofetishism.
In the eight or so years that I worked as a system administrator and the many more years that I have been the go-to guy for all things computer-y for friends & family, I have found the vast majority of people to be tolerant towards the inconveniences and failures of technology to the point of defeatism.
The things people put up with sometimes boggles the mind. Eight minute boot time to a usable desktop? "Oh, I just tap the power button and get coffee". Half a dozen browser toolbars they never installed willingly. Popovers and popunders. Nagging Java updaters and upselling "security software". Forced reboots that kill your unsaved changes over lunch when Windows decides to install updates. And, and, and…
That story hasn't changed one bit on mobile. "Well, I know know that I have to restart my phone [for two minutes] before I can play this game, because it crashes otherwise".
There's a good chance that this is the majority of people interacting with your app, site or gadget.
If you can squeeze out silky animations and buttery scrolling out of a complex web app, go for it. I'm the first to marvel at your ingenuity and applaud.
But if you honestly think that these people care enough about "60fps scrolling" that it warrants reinventing pretty much the whole of HTML and CSS in Javascript — badly —, then I don't know what to tell you.
In the eight or so years that I worked as a system administrator and the many more years that I have been the go-to guy for all things computer-y for friends & family, I have found the vast majority of people to be tolerant towards the inconveniences and failures of technology to the point of defeatism.
The things people put up with sometimes boggles the mind. Eight minute boot time to a usable desktop? "Oh, I just tap the power button and get coffee". Half a dozen browser toolbars they never installed willingly. Popovers and popunders. Nagging Java updaters and upselling "security software". Forced reboots that kill your unsaved changes over lunch when Windows decides to install updates. And, and, and…
That story hasn't changed one bit on mobile. "Well, I know know that I have to restart my phone [for two minutes] before I can play this game, because it crashes otherwise".
There's a good chance that this is the majority of people interacting with your app, site or gadget.
If you can squeeze out silky animations and buttery scrolling out of a complex web app, go for it. I'm the first to marvel at your ingenuity and applaud.
But if you honestly think that these people care enough about "60fps scrolling" that it warrants reinventing pretty much the whole of HTML and CSS in Javascript — badly —, then I don't know what to tell you.