Usability Issues of Adding Video to a Website

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  • http://www.gljakal.com/protoaspx/ Loris

    I think using Quicktime for video embedding is just wrong.
    I, for example, do not have the quicktime player installed. And I won’t ever install it on my pc no matter how good your video could be.
    I browse artists portfolios all the time and do you know what I do when one of them has only quicktime videos? I skip the website altogether. I don’t bother sending emails to the website owner, I have little time and a n even smaller attention span. I still have another 1000+ portfolios to visit!

    The biggest problem with your biccu table website, however, is that with exception of the quicktime video (that I can’t see), there is no other graphical representation of how the table would look like. How are you going to convince me that your product is special? With the text on the left? (users don’t read text)
    Would I put it in my house? Would it look nice on my carpet? I can’t say.

    Sorry, I usually enjoy (and agree to) your blog posts, but this “tip” feels just wrong to me.

    p.s. For an example of flash embedded in a website, see World of Goo’s page at
    http://2dboy.com/games.php
    An unobtrusive flash video player was used, and it was also beautifully integrated with the website!

  • http://www.alexisbrion.eu Alexis Brion

    Hi Loris,

    Thank you so much for your valuable comment. You make a point there and I know more people could have a similar opinion about videos. In our case, we somehow “accepted” these limitations from the beggenning of the design.

    Thanks a lot!

    Alex