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Online Video Site Joost Relaunches With Browser Version

by Kaiser Hwang on October 16, 2008 at 01:24 PM

If there's one constant in technology, it's that there is no constant. Things change on a daily basis, from advances in technologies to start-ups going under to new product announcements. One especially volatile sector is the video department. Just think, it wasn't that long ago that the only way (outside of TiVo) to watch your favorite shows after they aired was to torrent them (or wait for a rerun). Now, almost every network streams their show portfolios online, whether it be through the increasingly popular Hulu service, or through the network's own site.

Another video service, Joost (formerly Project Venice), was an early hopeful in the future of streaming video content. Initially a desktop client with an admittedly snazzy interface, the sluggish performance and general trend towards browser-based entertainment whittled away at Joost's popularity -- so much that the company has effectively relaunched as a, you guessed it, browser-based service.

While the move is commendable -- and smart -- the site's current bare-bones social features and YouTube-esque quality feel too little too late. While the site's still young and bound to improve over time, the team at Joost will have to make some serious strides very quickly if they hope to pull people away from their already-weaned habits (read: Hulu.com, iTunes, and every other video service). [From: BetaNews]

Tags: hulu, itunes, joost, web

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