@github.awesome: This new project has just sparked a discussion on X and Reddit about the future of web development. For twenty years, we've let CSS handle text layout. But complex animations cause massive performance lag. Meet Pretext! It throws CSS completely out the window. It uses pure JavaScript and arithmetic to measure text, completely bypassing the DOM. The result? Insane sixty-frames-per-second fluid text animations with zero layout lag! #github #opensource
if it bypasses the DOM, what about adhering to web standards? SEO? accessibility? besides that i've never heard of such complex animations that it causes performance issues, and if it's the case then probably CSS isn't the best choice for it
2026-03-29 18:43:40
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DjSWEETPOTATO :
Great, so now even text spikes the cpu thanks to java script🙄
2026-03-29 16:44:11
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Katerina@ :
Why do you need text animation? is this so important?
2026-03-29 15:47:23
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Sndrdrx024 :
If it’s pure JavaScript there is no debate is a no 🤷♂️
2026-03-29 15:33:53
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ptrin85 :
As someone who’s been a web dev for 20 years, I have negative interest in this
2026-04-05 16:29:27
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KalleGrad :
bypassing the dom?
2026-03-29 17:07:49
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Addam Melvin :
so it is svg for test?
2026-05-14 12:36:18
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Lucian :
what are the downsides
2026-03-30 14:21:25
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ImTokkingIt :
Oh honey
2026-03-29 16:59:16
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Mattia Belletti :
I'm sure jit compiled code will perform better than optimized transition built-in in the browser.
2026-04-10 20:27:56
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Ultra-Fi Music :
Had I wanted animation, I’d have turned on Nickelodeon. 🙄
2026-05-19 03:44:16
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jackfreak :
Accessibility left the chat.
2026-04-07 05:49:28
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👾SpartanNexus👾 :
As a developer hearing the several wrong statements here in morning as a wake up makes my ears hurt
2026-03-29 20:52:41
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Josh Pindjak :
but i love css because its human readable
2026-03-29 21:46:26
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xaizko :
Sooo doom in 60fps?
2026-03-30 15:52:14
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Ale :
JavaScript has always been the future of web development for the last 20+ years. This time for sure guys 🙄
2026-03-30 07:00:20
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eonyai :
Hate it… we are making things unnecessarily complicated
2026-03-29 20:58:25
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Alex :
A problem that no one should have 🤨
2026-03-29 16:12:30
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urbanonelabs :
JavaScript hides content from search crawlers
2026-04-01 00:28:36
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Tom Aylott :
wish we had this in 2012
2026-03-31 22:59:38
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virtualuman_ :
why all the hate, this looks amazing
2026-05-15 06:42:28
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Jerry :
Yea. Thats just useless bs
2026-04-07 11:38:51
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Sicholas Rage :
not to mention the memory strain this shit will produce
2026-04-08 18:22:37
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Dry Shakam 🥓 :
It is not a general replacement for all CSS, but rather a solution for specific, high-performance text rendering challenges.
2026-04-01 12:36:14
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zerofs :
Back to DHTML?
2026-03-30 05:33:17
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