diff --git a/lib/jli.js b/lib/jli.js
index 22814ca..cd0e856 100755
--- a/lib/jli.js
+++ b/lib/jli.js
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ function setElementTransform(elem, offset, scale, duration){
 function animationFrameRunner(func){
 	var next
 	var _nop = function(){ return this }
+	var frame
 
 	if(this === window){
 		self = new animationFrameRunner
@@ -436,6 +437,10 @@ function animationFrameRunner(func){
 		return this
 	}
 	var stop = function(){
+		if(frame != null){
+			cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
+			frame = null
+		}
 		next = _nop
 		this.start = start
 		this.stop = _nop 
@@ -451,10 +456,19 @@ function animationFrameRunner(func){
 
 // NOTE: this is exclusive, e.g. all other animations set with this will
 // 		be stopped on call...
+// XXX for some reason this is slower that animateElementTo(..) on iPad...
 function animateElementTo2(elem, to, duration, easing, speed, use_transitions){
 	use_transitions = use_transitions != null ? 
 							use_transitions 
 							: USE_TRANSITIONS_FOR_ANIMATION
+	// use transition for animation...
+	if(use_transitions){
+		setTransitionEasing(elem, easing)
+		duration == null && setTransitionDuration(elem, duration)
+		setElementTransform(elem, to)
+		return
+	}
+
 	to = typeof(to) == typeof(1) ? {
 			left: to,
 			top: 0,
@@ -490,18 +504,23 @@ function animateElementTo2(elem, to, duration, easing, speed, use_transitions){
 		var speed_y = speed.y
 	}
 
-	var runner = animationFrameRunner(function(){
-		var t = Date.now()
+	elem.animating = true
 
+	var runner = animationFrameRunner(function(t){
 		// end of the animation...
 		if(t >= then){
 			setElementTransform(elem, to)
 			runner.stop()
 			return
 		}
+		// animation stopped...
+		if(!elem.animating){
+			setElementTransform(elem, cur)
+			runner.stop()
+			return
+		}
 
 		// calculate target position for current step...
-		// XXX do propper easing...
 		if(speed != null){
 			// NOTE: these are inlined here for speed...
 			if(Math.abs(dist_top) >= 1){
@@ -673,7 +692,6 @@ function animateElementTo(elem, to, duration, easing, speed, use_transitions){
 
 
 function stopAnimation(elem){
-	// legacy...
 	if(elem.next_frame){
 		cancelAnimationFrame(elem.next_frame)
 		elem.next_frame = false
@@ -681,8 +699,8 @@ function stopAnimation(elem){
 	}
 }
 
-//animateElementTo = animateElementTo2
-//stopAnimation = stopAnimation2
+animateElementTo = animateElementTo2
+stopAnimation = stopAnimation2
 
 
 // XXX account for other transitions...