Animated Particles in SL

Particles confuse me. Well, to be precise, creating particles confuses me. I've been able to edit some scripts, managing some a few very basic changes to accomplish what I need, but not what I want. So now and then I wander The Particle Laboratory (SLurl) and try absorb something useful. While there today, I ran across information about a proposed change to Second Life's particle system. Check out the video above then read the JIRA at http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-8276