Javascript code to hide elements from a list when scrolling. This is designed to improve performance on native scrolling lists for iphone/ipad.

gistfile1.js

/**
 * Hides all elements that are outside the scrolling viewport to improve
 * performance.
 *
 * You'll need to call this function whenever dom nodes are inserted or removed
 * in the list.
 * 
 * You'll need to declare the "unload" class in your css file as following:
 * .unload { visibility: hidden; }
 *
 * @param  Node     scrollEl    the dom node that has the scrollbars
 * @param  NodeList scrollItems a list of the scrolling items
 * @param  Number   itemHeight  the height of each item in the list
 */
function hideElementsWhenScrolling(scrollEl, scrollItems, itemHeight) {
    var i,
        len = scrollItems.length,
        item,
        containerTop = scrollEl.offsetTop,
        containerHeight = scrollEl.offsetHeight,
        itemsPerPage = Math.ceil(containerHeight / itemHeight),
        scrollTop = scrollEl.scrollTop,
        lastFirstEl = 0;

    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
        item = scrollItems[i];
        item._offsetTop = item.offsetTop - containerTop;
        item._offsetBottom = item._offsetTop - containerTop + itemHeight;

        if (item._offsetBottom < scrollTop || item._offsetTop > scrollTop + containerHeight) {
            item.classList.add('unload');
        } else {
            item.classList.remove('unload');
        }
    }

    function doScrollShow(scrollTop) {
        var firstEl = Math.floor(scrollTop / itemHeight),
            isGoingUp = firstEl >= lastFirstEl,
            i;

        if (isGoingUp) {
            for (i = lastFirstEl; i < firstEl; i++) {
                scrollItems[i].classList.add('unload');
            }

            for (i = Math.min(lastFirstEl + itemsPerPage, len - 1); i < Math.min(firstEl + itemsPerPage + 1, len); i++) {
                scrollItems[i].classList.remove('unload');
            }
        } else {
            for (i = lastFirstEl; i >= firstEl; i--) {
                scrollItems[i].classList.remove('unload');
            }

            for (i = Math.min(lastFirstEl + itemsPerPage, len - 1); i > Math.min(firstEl + itemsPerPage, len); i--) {
                scrollItems[i].classList.add('unload');
            }
        }

        lastFirstEl = firstEl;
    }

    function showTo(scrollTop, newScrollTop) {
        var firstEl = Math.floor(scrollTop / itemHeight),
            isGoingUp = newScrollTop > scrollTop,
            lastEl,
            i;

        if (isGoingUp) {
            lastEl = Math.min(Math.floor(newScrollTop / itemHeight) + itemsPerPage * 2, len);
            for (i = firstEl; i < lastEl; i++) {
                scrollItems[i].classList.remove('unload');
            }
        } else {
            lastEl = Math.max(Math.floor(newScrollTop / itemHeight) - itemsPerPage * 2, 0);
            for (i = lastEl; i < firstEl; i++) {
                scrollItems[i].classList.remove('unload');
            }
        }

        lastFirstEl = firstEl;
    }

    function onscroll() {
        doScrollShow(scrollEl.scrollTop);
    }

    scrollEl.onscroll = onscroll;

    scrollEl.ontouchmove = function (e) {
        scrollEl._lastY = scrollEl._y;
        scrollEl._lastT = scrollEl._t;
        scrollEl._y = e.pageY;
        scrollEl._t = e.timeStamp;
    };

    scrollEl.ontouchend = function (e) {
        var deltaT = scrollEl._t - scrollEl._lastT,
            deltaS = scrollEl._y - scrollEl._lastY,
            V = deltaS / deltaT,
            K = 278.4434180138568,
            endPos = K * -V + scrollEl.scrollTop;

        if (!isNaN(K * -V + scrollEl.scrollTop)) {
            showTo(scrollEl.scrollTop, endPos);
        }
    };
}