I found this neat technique for cross-browser blurring. But it didn't look like the transition was having an effect, so I forked it and set the transition time and blur amount way up, and sure enough it's happening instantly.
img.blur {
-webkit-filter: blur(30px); -moz-filter: blur(30px);
-o-filter: blur(30px); -ms-filter: blur(30px);
filter: url(#blur); filter: blur(30px); filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Blur(PixelRadius='3');
-webkit-transition: 2s -webkit-filter linear;
-moz-transition: 2s -moz-filter linear;
-o-transition: 2s -o-filter linear;
transition: 2s filter linear;
}
http://codepen.io/CSobol/pen/LGCiw
Does transition: filter
not work with blur for some reason?
Transition has been unprefixed, but filter has not, so the transition is over-riding the webkit-transition, but then doesn't know what to do with the unprefixed filter. This amendment works:
transition: 2s -webkit-filter linear;