Online Video Editing Apps
Until I read this article, I had no idea that eyespot was using a javascript video editor. I also had no idea that they had competition in the form of Motionbox and Jumpcut. I checked out these two sites. Motionbox was by far my favorite in terms of user interface and overall design. What can I say, I love the concept of the tag cloud (even though tagging is somewhat dead). However, Jumpcut seems to have a much wider user base and additional features, such as the inclusion of photos, event notification, commenting and a differentiation between 'clips' and movies that make it much more interesting. Both websites include the ability to create and join groups, although Motionbox seems to have very few. Jumpcut also provides users with the absolute url of any selected video and code to embed the video (yay for myspace users...I guess...although this is obviously useful for many other reasons), while Motionbox provides users with the ability to share videos with others via email or link to it via its url. Both applications use flash for editing purposes. I still think that eyespot's new fuctionality, especially their mobile posting capabilty, make them a much more interesting app, but I would still LOVE to make comments on things (if not tag stuff)...maybe they're listening...