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Making the Vimeo Our Developmental Roadmap
– Aug '08* 1 Vimeo Plus
Synopsis
Want more from Vimeo? Get Vimeo Plus… when we launch it! Vimeo Plus is a premium membership that will give you exciting new options when using Vimeo. New features will inlclude: more upload space, custom embed options, HD embed capabilities, better quality videos, and a host of other great features. Users have been asking for a premium option for a loooong time, so hold tight for just a little bit longer and all will be revealed!
Status Update
We are currently squashing all the bugs that are plaguing Vimeo right now in order to gear up for the release of Plus. Casey and Moberg are working on great new custom embed options, and Jacob is building our shopping cart so all the transactions will be safe, secure, and smooth as crisco.
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– Sep '08* 2 Channels 2.0
Synopsis
Channels 2.0 will be a much more functional and easier way to showcase Videos. We're stripping channels down from its current incarnation to give it a slick new look and we will be providing multiple views that users can choose to display their channel in. With the creation of Groups, Channels 2.0 will become more of an entertainment destination as Groups takes over the roles of community building around certain themes.
Status Update
The team has come to a consensus regarding the new feature set for Channels 2.0 and Jack is currently rocking out on the designs. Take a look at the sneak peak pics for a little taste of what's to come!
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I like Vimeo, but the current Channels feature lacks an effective means to browse video content and hence is holding me back from uploading any additional content.
I truly hope Channels v2.0 will include a means to browse channel content by tags or by associating a "group" with video content. For example, Stage6 allowed channel video content to be associated with "groups" (thematic categorize) and then display channel content by groups.
I have a great deal of live concert recordings that I would like to allow subscribers to browser by group (such as "acoustic", "ballads", "rarities", "musical theater", etc.). If you have not already, please consider this need in developing Channels v2.0 features.
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K. Inselman 19 hours ago DeleteI would love for that to be a part of Channels as well, as it would help to filter videos by contributor if we can tag or group the videos by our names. The previews here look really awesome, keep up the good work! -
Also something to keep in mind and maybe consider would be some type of monetization for the channel/forum/group creators. Maybe the ability for adding Google Adsense to certain pages or users' home pages? This could create an incentive to regularly maintain and update fresh content and maybe making a bit of dough to support this expensive hobby. Or a revenue sharing type of solution with Vimeo?
– Finished! 3 Facebook
Synopsis
Turns out there's a little known social networking site called Facebook where some of your guys like to share your videos with your friends. We are building a cool application that will make it fun and easy to share videos you like and track what your friends like.
Status Update
The Facebook app is done! Install the app here, play around with it and let us know what you think. And be honest, you won't hurt our feelings.
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Paul McClintock 3 months ago DeleteIt looks like you're working at making fecesbook less ugly. Good. -
Diogo Valim 3 months ago DeleteWell.. how am I gonna say it... the thing is: I just visited vimeo.com/facebook . Sorry. Shouldn't have done it.
But it's coming alone quite well! Congrats!
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3 months ago vimeo facebook app has been released.
check out the canvas page here: apps.facebook.com/vimeoapp
or you can use our "create your own widget page" here: vimeo.com/widget -
Eric Anderson 3 months ago DeleteIt's fantastic guys! Bravo! -
it's really good! but it would be better if you could add one more option on drop down menu under "see videos 'user' 1. appears in 2. uploaded 3. likes", which lets the user pick one specific video of his/hers. Because i have only one video window and I want to show everybody what i think is my best work right there and then and hopefully encourage them to go check out other videos as well. Thanks for listening! you guys are amazing! -
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Chris Martin 3 months ago DeleteIt would be nice if you could specify the default option on the profile page. I would like to set the default to "See videos Chris uploaded(or)appeared in" rather than likes.
I want to show off my stuff! :-)
Nice app though, really enjoying it!
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olliegrind 3 months ago DeleteThis is a nice app for fakebook. Done with class as expected from CV. Thanks! I would like to see more preferences on this app like what video's to show and hide. that kinda stuff. -
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Dance Fans 2 months ago DeleteGreat invention! But after downloading the Vimeo app. to FB, how do I get my own videos to show rather than staff likes? My Vimeo account is set to private but I'd like to share my videos with only my friends on FB. -
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Onyx House 1 month ago DeleteGreat app! Any progress on the Facebook Page Application compatibility?
+ Finished! 4 Groups
Synopsis
Groups will function as mini communities on Vimeo. You'll be able to create groups, invite users, share videos, and connect with people around the idea of that group. Basically Groups will start where Channels left off: more usability, great new features, and better control over everything.
Status Update
Iowa, Sean and Jacob are currently working like wild animals to get this done. We've just begun beta testing Vimeo Groups. Things are looking pretty good so far but there are still some work left to be done. It's getting close and we are super excited.
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Soxiam 3 months ago we are too. this is a pretty big project but we have started working on it. -
Paul McClintock 3 months ago DeleteThis'll be cool.
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John Richardson 3 months ago DeleteCan I assume that this will work in a similar fashion as Flickr Groups? If so, that's going to be a great way to easily share "like-minded" videos (vs Channels). -
Soxiam 3 months ago in general, yes. groups will be topical or thematic where you can share discussions, meet people, and share videos with people who share the same interests.
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Paul Shoemaker 3 months ago Deleteuh oh someone's using php short-hand for script declaration ;-)
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Jackie Birov 3 months ago DeleteI already kind of see Vimeo as equal parts social networking and video-sharing but this will develop that even more. Definitely exciting stuff. -
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Jeremy Curry 2 months ago DeleteAn Update would be nice. -
George Rausch 28 days ago DeleteI'm glad to hear that groups are coming online. Can you make the option available to sort groups by region as well? It would be really helpful to know if users are in major cities through the US and the World that way you can find other individuals to work with. I'm saying this because, for example, a dozen or more groups might spring up within New York City, whereas if there was a "New York City" region in which one could make a group, that would be really solid. It would get rid of excess confusion.
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H. Paul Moon 16 days ago DeleteI really like what you've done, but there's one missing feature you're well aware of that essentially makes the entire new Groups feature crippled. No HTML.
People have been asking about this for over a year, in numerous posts. It is the one single Achille's heel for this site. Simply put, if you don't allow hyperlinks and images in your new Groups and their Forums, they have no chance of becoming the robust community that you envision. In other words, your business model is dead on arrival. Please pass that along to your decision-makers. No one else in the text/video blogging marketplace is shying from empowering users to employ HTML (hyperlinks with short text, text formatting, images) -- the core Web language -- so you are standing apart in the most self-destructive manner.
If it's a problem of hiring people who know how to integrate these features safely, then I'd encourage you to start the job search for talented staff before your business model fails. I really do think that the security issues you regularly cite to have been worked through by talented programmers on the billions of Web sites that facilitate user-generated HTML functionality.
+ Finished! 5 Enhanced Embed Player
Synopsis
The new embed player will give users better control over the way they embed videos on different sites. New features will include duration status, video stats, and much more....
Status Update
The new embed player has been released! We thank you for your feedback and suggestions. We are still making few small tweaks to keep the new player in tip-top shape.
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Paul McClintock 3 months ago DeleteI think it'll just inform you that you can also watch it in HD if you follow the link back to the vimeo page. -
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Soxiam 3 months ago yes, this is mostly to let people know when there's a HD version of the clip available on vimeo. but we are investigating ways to offer HD embed.
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Michael Brodner (AIM: Upstate14) 3 months ago DeleteI am so looking foreward to this one guys. -
Clintus McGintus 3 months ago Deleteeverything looks awesome! But please don't get rid of the "disappearing player" That is one of my favorite things about Vimeo. Thanks. -
Soxiam 3 months ago do you mean the control bar at the bottom that goes away once the video starts playing?
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Soxiam 3 months ago right now we think this is a refresh only for our embed player but some of the design elements might trickle down to the on-site player as well.
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Soxiam 3 months ago these buttons only appear when you mouse over the video or when the video has finished playing.
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Allex Radu 3 months ago DeleteCOOL! I wanted embeddable HD sins i start uploading videos to vimeo. Then i was disappointed that i can't embed HD, I thought had to do something with bandwidth, but if you do that i hope you will not lower our weekly quota because we using too much bandwidth. -
SomeofmyWork™ 3 months ago DeleteExcited to see the new player nearing completion. Though shouldn't you guys have been beta testing it on some of us? :) -
Great work! Looking forward to it. Especially that it makes "We HAVE HD" more apparent to the user. I was sooo pissed when Stage6 shut down.. I really cant stand the quality of f.YouTube (and all other clones) and was so happy when I found vimeo.. I know a lot of people would agree with me on how superior Vimeo is if they just knew that there IS better quality than youtube available.. Now they will know!
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Allex Radu 2 months ago DeleteApril is OVER! When we should expect the new player? I hope you won't delay it!
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Joel Dueck 2 months ago DeleteDean Allen just posted this about a problem pretty much all embedded players have - please read!
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Kyo Suayan 1 month ago DeleteReally? -
Simon Tarr 21 days ago Deletemuch better, esp with the indication of HD in the embedded player. Still not sure I grasp the reasoning behind not allowing it embedded vids. I mean, it's not like there isn't a Vimeo bug inthe corner and a ginormous Vimeo branded loader. Folks WILL know where the HD videos are coming from.
+ Finished! 6 Top Navigation Improvements
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With all the new features and improvements to the site, we've been forced to rethink our organization of the Navigation bar on the top of each page. We've begun work to better organize our features and also provide contextual help when you visit any page on Vimeo. We hope these improvements will make it much easier for users to find what they want quickly and efficiently.
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The new top navigation bar has been released. We hope you will enjoy the new features we added to it. Be sure to play with the search box, 'Explore' menu, and the contextual 'Tools' menu.
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Blake Whitman 3 months ago This is going to be sweet. -
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Casey Pugh 3 months ago Triple sweet! -
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Paul McClintock 3 months ago DeleteSweep ...
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Karen Abad loves Dinosaurs. 3 months ago Deletepeep peep
you guys are such hard workers
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I like the middle Vimeo Plus tag (the one with 4 circles) the best.
Second and third best are those two first ones with the squares and inscribed letters.
The Plus tag with the 4 L-shaped corners reminds me of the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) logo. :S
Also, the last Sneak Peek box isn't working. I get "404 - Not Found" on plus6.jpg.
HD pay per play? Will there be like a lump sum type option as well?
Exciting...
Channels 2.0 is looking good too. Keep up the great work guys!
I'm getting a bit concern about the money issue of this. The new vimeo plus sound great but I don't think members of the group are going to pay to see their mates new HD videos. Is there going to be a yearly fee for members and that will cancel out the HD pay per play???.
Although if people are paying to see our HD videos we will be making money:))) and than I can afford to buy a bigger and better new camera!!
Sounds fair enough now:)))
Would like to embed as video-still, when mouseover it starts to auto-play, when click on the video it takes you to my own defined web page, no adds, no controls (only sound on/off). and the ability to put a picture/own logo on top of the video.
Okay?
Great work!
Had made a comparaison on video plateforms and Vimeo was first on all point travailleursduweb.com/2008/04/23/plateformes-videos-le-test-ultime.html
Just wait for the price and conditions, but seems really cool
I'd also like to see email contact credit tagging. Basically, any time you tag a person in your credits. it keeps their contact info in a known credits area and you can easily add them to credits in the future, anytime you add one of these saved contacts in your credits, it will send said contact an email letting them know they have been tagged in the credits. This would obviously be for letting people who are not vimeo members know about videos they are in and then in said email there could be a sign up link and/or just them coming to the site to view the content might get them to join Vimeo.
I can't see myself paying more than Flickr's current plan as my needs are fairly modest: I'd like to get about 8gb of private video online, and then add the odd video every three months or so for the next 2 years. In fact, aside from wanting to upload this back archive, your current service is actually great. Thanks!
Best luck finding the right price point(s) to satisfy your users' needs.