HTML5

Ok Go

OK Go Sends a Video Message With HTML5

OK Go's habit of creating clever music videos helped make them Internet viral video darlings, and they're certainly not going to start resting on their laurels anytime soon.

OK Go's habit of creating clever music videos helped make them Internet viral video darlings, and they're certainly not going to start resting on their laurels anytime soon. The band's new video for the song "All Is Not Lost," a collaboration with HTML5, Google Chrome, and the dance troupe Pilobolus, gives viewers a kaleidoscopic dance performance of the song in both the video and the browser if viewed in Chrome. We recommend the Chrome viewing, as you can also create a personalized message to be embedded within the video and watch how the browser adjusts itself in tune to the music.

Beyond the video's incredible choreography and technology, the band uses the theme of the song to send support to the people of Japan in the wake of this year's earthquake and tsunami. Viewing the video in Chrome is a must, but we do have the "old-fashioned" music video of human dance kaleidoscope after the break.

TV

Use Clicker to Find iPad-Compatible Video

Apple has its own list of sites optimized for the iPad, most of them using an HTML5 video player to display video.

Apple has its own list of sites optimized for the iPad, most of them using an HTML5 video player to display video. Now, Clicker, the self-described "guide to Internet television" has an iPad-ready site made specifically to list iPad-ready videos.

To access the list, just visit Clicker.com via Safari on your iPad. Videos are sorted by category, including web originals, TV shows, and music; the homepage also lists the most-watched and newest videos. You can also create a playlist on the site, and according to a Clicker blog post, you'll soon be able to filter that list by videos that are playable on the iPad. Clicker is developing an iPad app to make searching for content even easier, so stay tuned!