requestAnimationFrame

animation_frame_sample.js

/*
        Sample from MDN
*/
var start = null;
var element = document.getElementById("SomeElementYouWantToAnimate");

function step(timestamp) {
  if (!start) start = timestamp;
  var progress = timestamp - start;
  element.style.left = Math.min(progress/10, 200) + "px";
  if (progress < 2000) {
    window.requestAnimationFrame(step);
  }
}

window.requestAnimationFrame(step);