Re: Are CSS animations a done deal?

On Mar 29, 2010, at 6:43 PM, Robert O'Callahan wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:22:18 -0700, Lars Gunther <gunther@keryx.se> wrote:
> 2010-03-29 23:16, Robert O'Callahan skrev:
> My personal opinion is that CSS Animation makes sense for presentational
> animations, but I don't want to see CSS Animation used for animations
> that are essentially animated images (like most Flash ads).
> 
> Mark my words. That will happen!
> 
> To many "ninjas", too many "clever" people, too much incentive!
> 
> Sure they will, but there's not really any disadvantage compared to them using some JavaScript-based solution instead.
>  
> Yeah, but I'd rather they used SVG animation or some other content-based declarative animation instead.

Why is that, if the end result is the same? Why not let the authors choose whatever means makes the most sense to them?