Yahoo! launches inline video player

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Yahoo! launches inline video player

by Chris Gilmer Aug 23rd 2007

Yahoo! has been quietly testing out a new video feature on its homepage: inline videos.

If you have wondered by Yahoo.com over the past few weeks you may have noticed videos such as Barry Bonds breaking the all time home run record, or exclusive Daily Show footage. These were embedded using a preview version of the new inline video player technology that Yahoo! has developed. The service has been rolled out in a new video module that can be found wherever there is a 'play video' button. It allows users to watch videos without leaving a web page. This includes in both email and IM.

Its great staying inside one browser window, especially to watch videos. We all know how tabbed windows seem to grow quite quickly. Yahoo! is the first portal to enable this video technology, with more videos scheduled to launch this week.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

raycosm said 5:12PM on 8-23-2007

About time I say. Hated having to open up a new page whenever there was a video on the Yahoo page.

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