Hi, Congrats on the site. I'm not sold on it from a usability perspective. It's way too busy. It reminds me of Bloglines in its design problems.
The three main concerns of your design should be "Can a person easily find the link button to go to his or her page?", "Can a person set up an account with a few steps?" , and "Does the site promote vital video distribution well?" The front page throws a lot at one and doesn't have that simple "Start Here" button. I'd do a complete redesign here. Do a useability study. Check it out. Best, Zennie --- Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agree with your observations. Its hard to tell from > the press release > but I assume they may well lmit some or all of it to > US only due to > the complexities of international media rights, for > example that many > of these US series are shown on UK TV much later, > and the UK companies > that pay a lot for the broadcast rightss arent > likely to be chuffed if > the stuff was already available to watch online > first. > > This international angle is one area where > forward-thinking new media > could have the upper hand for ages, if traditional > media cant escape > the shackles of the international broadcast rights > marketplace. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In [email protected], "Frank Sinton" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This will be interesting to watch, of course. > > > > A couple of comments: > > > > 1) US only? They only mentioned US. As we all > know, online video is > > a lot more than just the US. > > 2) They are calling this a "strategic alliance" > rather than a "joint > > venture", probably to try to avoid being labeled > the next Movielink, > > but they will have to prove to everyone that they > can operate > > differently. > > 3) "ubiquitous" distribution? - also followed by > "Post-launch, sites > > affiliated with founding companies, including > iVillage and IGN, will > > also have the opportunity to become distribution > partners." I'm just > > not seeing it as "ubiquitous" - will all video > feeds be available > > via MediaRSS with enclousures? Will I be able to > download to my iPod? > > > > Just my initial thoughts... still lots of question > marks, obviously. > > > > -Frank > > > > Frank Sinton > > CEO, Mefeedia > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, Watch, and Share > great videoblogs > > and podcasts. > > Our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "tony.katz" > <tony.katz@> > > wrote: > > > > > > http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3.htm > > > > > > > > > I hope you like pre-roll advertising. > > > > > > Tony Katz > > > http://www.talkshowonthego.com > > > http://www.aweli.com > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php
