While exploring alternative ways to modify the Bootstrap 3 carousel, I stumbled upon a technique that achieves a 'fade' effect instead of the usual 'slide'. However, in webkit browsers, the transition may appear choppy or flicker between items.
If you're interested, here is a link to the example: http://codepen.io/Rowno/pen/Afykb
What's even more peculiar is that when implementing this code on my own website, the item transitions smoothly but other elements seem to slightly shift by a pixel at the beginning of each transition. Could there be some sort of Webkit compatibility issue with opacity transitions?