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Joost Beta 1 – Overview

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. kokyun says

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

  2. Marumaki says

    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

  3. trmanco says

    Hi

    I would really appreciate in you inviting me to Joost.

    Please send me an invite.

    Thanks

  4. Henry says

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

  5. Webomatica says

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

  6. Ross McKillop says

    @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.

  7. Matthew Boatman says

    I would really appreciate an invite.

  8. Leo says

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

  9. antoker says

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

  10. Amy says

    Joost please……

  11. cuombajj says

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

    thx

  12. lonzo says

    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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