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Tests confirm CSS selectors slow load times
Most Web designers make liberal use of CSS selectors, but that spec's sibling, descendant and child selectors can cause what designer/developer Shaun Innman calls a "significant, negative impact on page rendering." This is confirmed in tests done by UI Specialist Jon Sykes that are published on his blog.
Fortunately for most designers, the performance impact is only in extreme situations. But it's definitely something to be aware of when writing CSS.
The test was based in part on a comment by Dave Hyatt on an entry from Inman's blog.
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