Web Animation in 2026: CSS vs GSAP, When to Use Each
CSS handles 80% of web animation in 2026, GSAP wins for timeline...
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Scroll-linked motion used to mean shipping a heavy JavaScript library and praying about jank. Now CSS does it natively with scroll-timeline and view-timeline, and this tag tracks that shift. We cover progress bars tied to scroll, reveal effects that respect reduced-motion, and the performance wins of moving this work off the main thread. Written for motion-minded designers and front-end devs who want effects that feel intentional, not gimmicky. We're picky about restraint here, because a parallax that fights the reader is worse than no animation at all.
CSS handles 80% of web animation in 2026, GSAP wins for timeline...