Joost Blog

We just released a new version of our embeddable player which, in addition to a new user interface, has some new and improved technical features.

First of all, you can now choose to share your actions – like watching or favoriting a video – from Joost’s embeddable player to your JoostFeed on Joost.com. In other words, you can be logged into Joost all over the web.

Hand in hand with that, you can favorite or shout at a video directly in the embeddable player - try it out on this episode of Naruto Shippuden. You can also share the video you’re watching with your friends and followers through Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon and Delicious.

The top right corner of the embeddable player has a Goodies tab – and clicking that tab gives you just that – Goodies. There’s a search box which lets you search for any video on Joost – and start watching it, if you’d like. (You can also toggle between a grid-like view of the different videos that match your search and a more iTunes-y like format, formally known as coverflow.)

The Goodies tab also has links to find related videos, grab the link for the video so you can share it with your friends or grab the embed code so you can embed the video you’re watching on your own website or blog. You can also find more information about the particular video you’re watching and link back to your profile on Joost.com.

Last but not least, there’s an Easter egg available. We won’t tell you exactly what it is, but if you enjoy the live programming we have, and you have your own website or blog, you’ll probably like it.

What do you think? Tell us at feedback@joost.com.