13 video player UIs in 24 hours by 37signals. Vimeo wins this face-off hands down, in my opinion. (via slantback)
I agree that Vimeo is my favorite; it’s the most straight-forward (Flickr’s is practically identical). No gradients, no need for realistic buttons (even though I like to see those sometimes), and the least amount of features. I wonder if people know the volume is the bars with the blue on first look—would love to see some data on that. I think the YouTube one is actually pretty good, too, though I still don’t remember what’s in the flyout/popout button on the far right. I’d say Yahoo is third, but what’s the “i” for? I’m going to go look now.
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