http://www.bennadel.com/blog/2935-enable-animations-explicitly-for-a-performance-boost-in-angularjs.htm?utm_campaign=NG-Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NG-Newsletter_119
angular.module( "Demo" ).config(
function configureAnimate( $animateProvider ) {
// By default, the $animate service will check for animation styling
// on every structural change. This requires a lot of animateFrame-based
// DOM-inspection. However, we can tell $animate to only check for
// animations on elements that have a specific class name RegExp pattern
// present. In this case, we are requiring the "animated" class.
// --
// NOTE: I have personally seen a performance boost using this approach
// on some complex page. The AngularJS documentation also says that
// this can also be really beneficial for low-powered mobile devices,
// but I don't do much mobile.
$animateProvider.classNameFilter( /animated/ );
}
);
<li ng-repeat="item in activeList" class="animated">
{{ item }}
</li>