I’m sitting here watching a video of Timbl talking on a BBC news page and I suddenly realised how good this was.
The page design helps give the impression – there are no clunky boxes around the video itself – but there’s also no need to view in a different area, or switch to another tool, or even wait for a download to get started – it’s just there as part of the page, but a part that moves and produces sound. Kind of like the moving paper in Harry Potter’s world.
It’s great how technology marches on sometimes.
[Update: Since I wrote the above the video has acquired grey panels around the edges for controls, which I think is a shame. It's still pretty good technology though. ]