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Joost Now Offers Online TV With Only A Browser
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 1:00 AM on September 19, 2008
Joost, the web-based provider of on-demand and live television, launched a browser-based version of its offerings this morning. While users of the service's Mac and Windows software can still get at their channels, Joost's new model allows anyone with Flash capabilities, and a temporarily-required browser IE or Firefox plug-in, to get at the good stuff. Joost is expected to go no-plugin-required next month—nice for those on Linux or non-standard browsers—but for now, it's a bit more hassle-free to watch live or canned television at work, or show a friend that old sitcom episode you were referring to. Joost is a free service; requires a sign-up and (for the moment) browser plug-in.
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Bluestump86
Posted 1:58 AM 19/9/08
we seem to be doing that a lot these days...
Bluestump86
dwroth
Posted 1:38 AM 19/9/08
I think we killed it...
dwroth
Tyson0016
Posted 2:19 AM 19/9/08
Where do you download the Joost client for mac? I used to have it until I reformatted and now I can't find a download link.
Tyson0016
Jai
Posted 2:10 AM 19/9/08
It's alive for me :)
Shame I'm a GNU/Linux user and not yet supported.
Jai
SrLobito
Posted 2:42 AM 19/9/08
It's dead for me...
SrLobito
A3sthetix
Posted 3:17 AM 19/9/08
No, no p2p protocol. Turn on a firewall like Sygate (Win) or Little Snitch (Mac) to see what protocol it is using.
A3sthetix
jkadin
Posted 3:07 AM 19/9/08
Is this still using some sort of bittorrent protocol? I'm afraid to try it because if it uses any sort of p2p protocol I'm going to get kick off the network.
jkadin
JayScooper
Posted 3:04 AM 19/9/08
Can't wait till it's plugin free. I'm looking to drop cable and use my PS3 browser. I wish Hulu or Netflix worked.
JayScooper
elevenbulls
Posted 3:35 AM 19/9/08
This sounds like it may have the potential to work with the Wii Opera browser, which would be an awesome way for Wii owners to watch video on our big, fancy TVs.
elevenbulls
Maffu
Posted 5:30 AM 19/9/08
I wouldn't worry about not being able to get on there - their content is largely pointless.
Maffu
jackster
Posted 6:25 AM 19/9/08
I wish Joost would stop calling themselves 'Online TV'. Joost does not play TV like most people think of TV. All they do is play video that can be found on the internet (ie: internet video conglomeration)
Now if someone can create a way to display TV (as in television) via a web browser, than I would be hooked. Until then, I'll stick to my Slingbox.
jackster
Ben J
Posted 6:42 AM 19/9/08
Hopefully this will work. the Joost player has been fragged on my (and many others') system for a year or two.
btw, that flash intro is the most annoying thing I've ever heard.
Ben J
Dville-Julie
Posted 7:08 AM 19/9/08
Tried it several months ago, the content isn't just pure junk. Good for Joost that they've managed to make it browser based....I'll still pass, the content is still the same ole junky stuff.
Dville-Julie
bjacobel
Posted 7:05 AM 19/9/08
I've never heard of it before, so I went ahead and checked it out.
1. "Online TV"? WTF? This isn't online TV, it's just a collection of crappy off-the-air episodes and music videos. It's got nothing on Hulu.
2. Flash intro = want to kill self.
3. I told it to install a plugin, and it interpreted that as permission to install MS C++ Runtime 8 and put a freakin' icon in my system tray . That's not cool.
In conclusion, fail. I uninstalled it as soon as it finished with the installation of the program it didn't tell me it was going to install. And now it knows my email address. C'mon, Lifehacker.
bjacobel
dwroth
Posted 7:40 AM 19/9/08
Seriously.....their website is impossible!
dwroth
dwroth
Posted 7:33 AM 19/9/08
Wow, this could not possibly suck more. Now how do I uninstall this 5hit from my mac!?
dwroth
jtoz
Posted 8:47 AM 19/9/08
Just uninstalled Joost a couple of months ago. Realized that I never used it because...uh...the content?...well it does truly suck. Plenty of better time-wasting options on the net. Save yourselves the trouble and the disk space all...don't even bother.
jtoz
gpzbc
Posted 10:05 AM 19/9/08
Their selection is pretty slim.... unless you like CSI
gpzbc
josephbphillips
Posted 12:20 PM 19/9/08
This has totally killed my firefox 3 on mac. It now crashes immediately upon loading.
Awesome new feature!
josephbphillips
desigi
Posted 2:46 PM 19/9/08
Is it so hard to create a linux plugin for your browser. meh I'll bet their content isn't worth it that much.
desigi
whaddupyo
Posted 12:24 AM 20/9/08
what a waste of time while I was trying to waste some time! Wish I'd read the comments BEFORE I tried it out!!! Gonna go watch ALF on Hulu now while I try to uninstall this CRAP
whaddupyo
tmorriso
Posted 12:40 AM 20/9/08
It killed my FF3 on my Mac as well. Just do a spotlight search for joost.plugin and delete it. That's how I fixed mine.
That said, I used to run the Joost client on my Mac and it worked great and actually had some interesting shows. Really disappointed to have this new web based version crash my browser like this though :(
tmorriso
Swizzler121
Posted 1:29 AM 20/9/08
I had a feeling they were going to do this after fancast and hulu.
Swizzler121
dwroth
Posted 3:06 AM 20/9/08
Mac uninstall link: [instdata.joost.com]
That sucked.
dwroth
9kinds
Posted 2:04 AM 20/9/08
This also killed my Firefox on my Mac. It was only until I removed the joost plug-in that Firefox would even open. Luckily I saved most of my Firefox preferences.
9kinds
wolovely
Posted 6:56 PM 19/9/08
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wolovely