DISQUS

Peter Martin · 7 months ago

Actually, if content is king (and it is), I'd say distribution is more of a feudal vassal dependent on the whims of his highness.

Joost has always disappointed anyhow. Confusing and buggy software, now an underwhelming portal. Meh.

TerrenceRussell · 7 months ago

Yeah, phrases like that are just begging for a "Great Chain of Video Being" flowchart. But I'd have to agree, Joost's catalog and interface haven't excited me in looooong time.

twiter · 7 months ago

I think joost should hae innovate more when the interest with them is hight too bad they didn't

Jason Schmidt · 7 months ago

To call Joost buggy, underwhelming or not exciting is very trendy now that they are no longer declared a "hot" item.

Joost's UI is intuitive, the software solid and the content plentiful.

Joost made the simple problem that so many have made and continue: they began as a desktop app. Endemic to that experience is the cumbersome process of downloading, installing and launching a separate program. Then updating as new versions are released. Same problem that held back Miro. And still others like Boxee continue to be lured by the software designer's love of controlling ALL aspects of the experience to become God. It rails against all that users love about the Web: ubiquity, UI conventionality, personal-customization, flexibility.

The most brilliant engineers and designers in the world make the same simple mistakes again and again in the attempt to reinvent the wheel. And their businesses fail. Why do that when the Web works?

Gadget Sleuth · 7 months ago

Downloading/installing an app made me steer away from it, I can say. It needs to evolve and be web-only.