Comments on: Netflix launches sexy new web-based video player

By: UnA

UnA — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:38:02 +0000

Ummm…maybe a case of “ne step forward and two steps back. Single-clicking anywhere in the video should pause it and double-click anywhere in the video should toggle fullscreen. These have become standard UX patterns for video players.

Also, having floating controls (as opposed to docked to bottom edge of screen) removes the ability to take advantage of Fitts’s Law. While some of the new features are nice, the basics still need work.

By: James

James — Wed, 30 May 2012 02:24:46 +0000

I can watch it now on a Roku box and 4 android devices. What was the catalyst for giving a crap again?

By: guest

guest — Wed, 30 May 2012 02:21:02 +0000

If you truly did manage that, I’d suggest a life instead.

By: Svafa

Svafa — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:17:09 +0000

There’s truth to the saying, “Good programmers right good code; great programmers steal great code.”

By: Anthony Mendez

Anthony Mendez — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:03:20 +0000

As long as they continue to use Microsoft Silverlight, this is nothing to be excited about. Get with the program and give us HTML5 already. #LinuxUser

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:46:08 +0000

I totally agree, and was just going to post the same comment. I never watch previews, and I never read the descriptions. Any description is a spoiler to me. If it’s not a total surprise, it’s not worth watching.

And I don’t have and won’t allow Silverlight on my Mac, so I guess I can forget about Netflix for now.

By: Yup

Yup — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:55:57 +0000

One more vote for Linux here.

By: Jamie Dillon

Jamie Dillon — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:08:08 +0000

Wow, when you rip off half the design ideas from the BBC iplayer it really makes an overhaul easy. I would say get creative, but American big business just loves to copy other peoples stuff.

By: Jonathan Snarker

Jonathan Snarker — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:21:10 +0000

I watched Netflix’s entire inventory of instant movies last month, so I need to find a service with a real catalog.

By: OffBeatMammal

OffBeatMammal — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:38:19 +0000

sadly neither supports adaptive streaming or DRM. The DRM is a studio requirement and as for adaptive streaming I know that Safari on the iOS devices support that but it’s an Apple format and not a W3C standard… MPEG-DASH however should eventually work in the browser, support DRM and provide an adaptive solution but for today Silverlight (and Flash) are building blocks that extend the capabilities of the browser and let folks like Netflix bring you a decent experience