> @Mike M. > You're still looping through 3000 jQuery objects and invoking the > setClass() method. I haven't tried it but I suspected it will take > roughly the same time as the show() method. It does seem logical that > the actual showing of the div will be faster if the browser does it > natively. The question which part is the bottleneck - looping through > 3000 jQuery objects or actually show()ing them one by one? If I can > experiment and find out, I will - and I'll post the results.
No, you're not. You completely misunderstood. You're calling "setClass" on the single container, not each contained div. -- Turtle, turtle, on the ground, Pink and shiny, turn around.