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Hasan Elsherbiny
Hasan Elsherbiny

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Why to Use Css Animation?

early in this century ,web became a very popular thing and we were in a need to add more interactivity within our web pages.

adobe flash player was the #1 developer choice as it was offering a lot of features and making pages more alive, but with the advance of the web technology flash player have become absolute and other tech (html5,css3,javascript) started to be a good placement for it.

in this article will focus of animation, as mentioned earlier flash player was a good choice that gave you the ability to add animation to your page, but there were some cons of flash player like

  • Security Concerns
  • Resource Intensive
  • Browser Compatibility
  • Dependency on Plugins
  • Lack of SEO Friendliness and other more reasons.

for all of these reasons, css3 introduced animation features with a lot of pros like :

  • Simplicity and Ease of Use
  • Browser Compatibility(it's being native supported by most of modern browsers)
  • Reduced Page Load Times
  • Smooth Performance
  • Responsive Design
  • SEO-Friendly
  • Maintainability

on the end, use of flash player is not an option today and css3 animation is much better replacement with simple steps you can add an amazing touch to your website and make it more alive.

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