[lazytown]

I tried this out on firefox 2 and ie7 (vista).
"<meta content="BlendTrans(Duration=0.01)" http-equiv="Page-Exit" />" in the headinclude (which is the same as this mod).

Firefox 2 seems to have already implemented this type of technology into the browser, so I couldn't see a difference. Firefox 2 is noticeably smoother and faster than IE7 right out of the box.

There was indeed a difference in ie7. However, I did not like it (some may). It does eliminate the redrawing of the entire page (as far as you can see), but it actually takes longer to provide feedback to the user that something is loading. Essentially the whole page has to load first, then it switches to it (like double buffering). It's a nice effect, but in reality the page seems to take longer to load with ie7/vista (this is with a core2duo powerful computer). Without it, elements on the page begin to reload immediately. With it, the entire page redraws at once after a delay (end completion result is the same, but I think users prefer to see feedback when they click a link).

-vissa