From what I've used of Joost it seems to keep some degree of data
cached.. initial plays can result in the usual buffering issues etc, but
subsequent replays seem to play a lot smoother and allow better seeking.
Would be nice if it precached more though specifically after play and
then pausing.
James Cridland wrote:
On 6/1/07, *Ian Forrester* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
But I also wanted to get people views on Google Gears - Google
Gears is an open source browser extension that lets developers
create web applications that can run offline.
http://code.google.com/apis/gears <http://code.google.com/apis/gears>
I've played with it for Google Reader. It's nice, and works pretty
well (even though the initial sync, which you have to do manually,
seems to take forever on my ADSL line at home). I might try it
properly this evening on the tube home, in the vain hope that a thief
steals my hateful Dell before I have to give it back. My Google Reader
is always on "100+", so it would be good to cut it down a little.
On a similar note, perhaps this is the benefit of the BBC's iPlayer,
in that it works offline once you've downloaded the programmes. (If
I've understood the literature correctly.) That would put it ahead of
the likes of Joost / ITV / C4, for example, which requires a fast and
reliable internet connection.
James
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