As demoed at Google I/O as part of GoogleTV, Youtube has released ‘Leanback’ for computers today. There are gobs of Flash involved so it doesn’t work on iDevices; nor will it ever. But it’s not bad for those with Mac Mini mediacenters, however.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bITse42LpKA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]
Somehow, it doesn’t seem like a fantastic idea to base a new streaming video on Flash, especially when a company like Google could do a lot with HTML5. Ten seconds in, I am already getting beachballs. That being said, this is kinda cool when it works.
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