Joost Beta 1 - Overview

September 29th, 2007 by Ross McKillop | Print This Post Print This Post

I’ve been using Joost on and off for about 4 months now. More off than on. It’s not that I didn’t like the app - it was pretty slick and quite solid for an early beta. It’s that there wasn’t a heck of a lot to watch. At some point over the last few weeks, they’ve added a lot of channels/content, and the latest version (beta 1) is even slicker than before.

Note: Invites aren’t required any more - Joost is now open to anyone who wants to sign up. Just head over to joost.com and sign up.

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The basic player hasn’t change drastically since the earlier versions.

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But channel navigation has improved at least 100%. The categories are self-explanatory, you can resize the “tiles” for each channel as you see fit, and creating a ‘custom channel’ is as simple as dragging and dropping.

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I’m still not sure that I’d ever realistically want to use many (any?) of the widgets. If I have Joost in full-screen, that generally means whatever I’m watching is getting my attention. If I wanted to view RSS feeds or watch a clock tick while I was using Joost, I’d use it windowed.

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Scrolling through the various options..

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  1. 12 Responses to “Joost Beta 1 - Overview”

  2. By kokyun on Sep 30, 2007 | Reply

    Yes, i would like to have one too, thanks rose

  3. By Marumaki on Sep 30, 2007 | Reply

    Hi, it would be great if I could get one of these invitations to test the app.

    Anyway, keep up the good work with the Simplehelp website!

    Thanks

  4. By trmanco on Sep 30, 2007 | Reply

    Hi

    I would really appreciate in you inviting me to Joost.

    Please send me an invite.

    Thanks

  5. By Henry on Sep 30, 2007 | Reply

    Please send me if you have an extra invitation so I can try it out, thanks!!

  6. By Webomatica on Sep 30, 2007 | Reply

    Content is still not awesome, but it’s getting better. I found a “terrible movie” channel and a documentary on cats.

  7. By Ross McKillop on Sep 30, 2007 | Reply

    @Webomatica:

    Yeah - I see NHL logos and I think “damn that’s some good content!” without really checking it all out. But it has improved.

  8. By Matthew Boatman on Sep 30, 2007 | Reply

    I would really appreciate an invite.

  9. By Leo on Oct 1, 2007 | Reply

    Been hearing about Joost for a while. Would also appreciate an invite :)

  10. By antoker on Oct 1, 2007 | Reply

    Hei, i would really appreciate an invite to Joost. Thanks in advance.

  11. By Amy on Oct 1, 2007 | Reply

    Joost please……

  12. By cuombajj on Oct 1, 2007 | Reply

    Cool site, useful articles. I’d love to try this program, send invite!

    thx

  13. By lonzo on Mar 24, 2008 | Reply

    joost is a well formatted program the interface is
    amazing it blow the competition away plus its a beta also which means it will get better time will
    tell but anyways download it I mean its only 11mb come on……………..

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