Is it better to use HTML5 & Canvas or CSS3(background image) & jquery to make a slideshow?

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Published on 2010-04-22T12:25:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 12:43 UTC
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I'm making a slideshow and the images won't be static, they'll be pulled in dynamically through an array and finally it will look like this:

What i'm wondering is, what is more CPU friendly, CSS3 & jQuery making transitions fade simply by changing the CSS class of the div that will fill the screen, or, Canvas with drawn on it refreshing each time?

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