trilodge

* {
  /* should only be used on mobile webkit browser cause it disables zoom on webkit desktop browsers */
  -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; 
  
  -webkit-text-stroke: 0;
  
  /* works with safari5+ and iOS4+ */
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 
  
  /* http://css-infos.net/property/-webkit-touch-callout */

paulirish

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics

• elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent