# Timeline based animation runs choppy in some browsers

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-based-animation-runs-choppy-in-some-browsers/279347>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 13, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-based-animation-runs-choppy-in-some-browsers/279347 "2009-01-13T19:22:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![kwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@kwolf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kwolf)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-based-animation-runs-choppy-in-some-browsers/279347/1 "2009-01-13T19:22:32Z")

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Try to wrap my head around why sometimes a timeline base animation will run choppy in some browsers. Is it processor speed vs frame rate. I boosted my framerate to 29.97 but on older computers the animation is very arthritic.

thanks!  
Kathy