Yes, this story is as fun as the heading sounds.

Craftymind.com has an amazing demonstration of HTML5 video effects in newer browsers. If you have Safari or Opera, it will look especially good; Firefox, apparently it’s a bit stuttery, and I have no idea about Internet Explorer. In any case, check out the ‘Blowing apart fragments of video’ (click on the picture half way down the page to watch the video).

For the non-technically minded, the two video effect demonstrations use standard web browser features, from the new version of HTML (version 5) — the basic building block of web pages. This means these amazing effects and many others will be more accessible for a wider range of web designers, so you’ll see them used on more websites. Also, because they use just HTML, such effects will work on a large variety of web browsers, including mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad.