Why is display:inline killing IE 8.0 performance?
- by monstermensch
I have an image gallery based on this jQuery plugin:
http://jqueryfordesigners.com/demo/slider-gallery.html
This works really well in Firefox, Chrome and even IE 7.0, but when I try it with more than 50 images in IE 8.0 the performance is incredible slow. Just hovering over the thumbnail brings the CPU load to 100%.
At first I thought it's a Javascript problem, so I used the IE profiler, but the results were normal. Next I checked the CSS and finally found the cause:
.sliderGallery UL LI {
display: inline;
}
This gets the thumbnails to align horizontally.
If I chance it to display:block, performance is fine and the scroller is still working but obviously it looks funny, because the thumbs are aligned vertically.
My questions:
Why does IE 8 have this problem with many display:inline elements
What can I do to solve it
I'll gladly provide more information if necessary.
