Video

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Enhancing Video with Content
Video: is it worth it?
CONS
Becomes stale quick
Difficult to manipulate
Draws attention from other
content
PROS
o Data rich,
o accessible Sticky
o Preferred content
What if there was a middle way?
Introducing Popcorn
A Mozilla labs project
First proposed in December
2010 Private release October
2011 Public release
September 2012
A free service which allows non developers
to mix in events, actions and external
elements with video.
https://popcorn.webmaker.or
g/
Easy to use, low learning
curve Allows for the mixing of
content
with video
Works for both audio and
video Easy to remix and
share
https://popcorn.webmaker.or
g/
FEATURES
Cant create custom
events All actions are
limited to the
media canvas


Limited styling and
layout options

No private sharing option
LIMITATIONS
https://popcorn.webmaker.or
g/
https://popcorn.webmaker.org/





The ease of use and depth of actions available
make popcorn maker an excellent option for simple
projects...
Blog
Testimonials
Home tours

Anything that can benefit from additional
content
AVAILABLE EVENTS FOR POPCORN MAKER
Text Popups
Google
Maps
Twitter
Feeds
Images
Loop
Skip
Pause
Wikipedia
Developer version of popcorn


Allows for all popcorn maker events plus
additional custom events through simple
api

Free, licensed under the MIT license
http://popcornjs.or
g/
AVAILABLE EVENTS FOR POPCORN JS
Attribution
Cod
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Faceboo
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Flick
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Footnot
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GM
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Googlefee
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Googlema
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Imag
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Lastf
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Linkedi
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Lowerthir
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Manife
st
Mustach
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OpenMa
p
Paus
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Processin
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Subtitl
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Tagthisperso
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Timelin
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Tumbl
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Twitter
Webpag
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Wikipedi
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Wordriver
Take Aways
HTML5, Javascript and
libraries open up a world of
interaction for websites

User experience is less
about flash and more about
content

What can we do to make
data more accessible for
members?
Thursday, January 24, 13
"If the web can be evolved to include the missing
APIs and have better performance, [developers]
won't need to go beyond the web"
Brendan
Eich,
Creator of
Javascript