Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that Joost is nearing a beta testing stage of it’s new Web Based interface with embedded video playback.
If rumors are true it is expected that users will need to install a small footprint client on their Mac/PC (possibly a browser plugin) to carry those special Joost peer-to-peer packets… so forget about a nice and easy Flash based Joost player. No word yet on Linux support… but if previous conversations with Joost are an indication I would not hold my breath here.
I have not gotten any confirmation that this rumor is true or not but it does make sens given what was said over the last few months.
Hal Schechner, the original founder of now Joost own OnTheToob has been busy working over at Joost for the past few months. Hal has been so busy that his site has fallen into obsolecense given the lack of updates. One might expect to see features similar to OTT and way beyound to make up this future Joost web site.
I am looking forward to get an early invite to this new Beta Web site (hint, hint Joost) and report on it here!