Hey Dan, did you read the part in the Boxee EULA where it specifically forbids talking about your experience using Boxee? :-)
I was actually about to install Boxee but out of morbid curiosity I read the "Evaluation and Testing Agreement" and found the non-disclosure terms too onerous. If I'm going to be an unpaid alpha tester I at least want to get a blog post out of it.
Dan Kantor
· 1 year ago
hmm, no. Read a EULA?? If I hear from them, I will gladly take it down.
avneron
· 1 year ago
it's outdated... we need to post a new EULA, TOS obviously we have no issue with people talking about boxee
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
Dan,
Thanks for posting that review. It was very helpful in many ways. I agree that competing with apple is never going to be easy. They do interfaces so well.
That¹s part of the reason that Boxee has retained a UX person and is going to work hard on the UI/UX.
But the reason that I got the confidence to make this investment is that ³open² is not really in apple¹s DNA
They¹ve opened up the iPhone and maybe they¹ll do the same with appleTV
But they haven¹t totally opened up the iPhone. I don¹t see flash on it anytime soon.
So that¹s the opening that Boxee will have to run into and then execute flawlessly
Thanks again for the review/feedback
fred
daryn
· 1 year ago
I've been tracking @whitneyhess for a few months on twitter; seems like a great person for the job! Just curious, was this a traditional or social media matchup?
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
social media matchup ftw!
othylmann
· 1 year ago
I actually had the account before your investment but hey, feedback none the less. posted on getsatisfaction. thank you for supporting boxee
shareme
· 1 year ago
Fred,
I will turn n in some feedback as in my experience of having written UI libraries before I did notice some minor quirks that should be addressed.
Despite the mi nor quirks a real great service and lve the fact that the client can be installed on Linux..
Todd Hartle
· 1 year ago
Dude, I'm sure you got tons of invites but no one seems to actually get added to the service. I've been applying for months now every time I see them showcased on a podcast and have yet to be let into the alpha. What gives?
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
I'll take care of it
thompsa6
· 1 year ago
Just wanted to let you know that the Get Satisfaction page is basically unusable when rendered on my G1. It also claims I don't have javascript enabled. I will leave my Boxee feedback from my PC when I get in to the office. Would have been nice to do during my hour bus commute in to Boulder though.
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
You get a medal for trying!!!
Tom
· 1 year ago
I'll have to let you know what I think when the Windows version comes out. Until then, I can only comment on what other people say. I'd make a second vote for high def on Hulu if its not there. It looks awesome on my TV straight off the website, so it would be nice to have that functionality built in.
Guy
· 1 year ago
I too have to wait for the windows version. While I use a MacBook and have a couple of Mac Mini's, I still have all my media on the PC (just because I started there and it is not so easy to move it all to the Mac). Thanks for the invite though.
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
If the media is on the network, boxee can find it and play it
Rob Lindberg
· 1 year ago
haha. how about giving me access! im still waiting on that alpha! ;)
BmoreWire
· 1 year ago
I'll have to wait for the windows version to leave my feedback.
Gorkem Turgut OZER
· 1 year ago
It is valuable to hear that UX is now boxee's focus of attention.
Jonathan
· 1 year ago
"Quid pro quo" - fair enough! I'm a real fan of what Boxee's doing, so this post is the nudge I've needed to finally get round to participating in Get Satisfaction. Hope my comments on the integration of Tumblr music posts with Boxee are of use - I've blogged briefly about the idea at Tumblr itself: http://is.gd/cOEr
Chipotle
· 1 year ago
After a few weeks of having Boxee installed on my Apple TV I have noticed a significant decline in our use of Boxee. I will post specifics on the getsatisfaction page, but the causes for the decline in use falls in 2 categories.
1) Lack of content. The DVR does a much better job of time shifting of current programming, and media companies seem to be protecting their DVD sales by limiting access to archived material.
2) User input device. Again I use Boxee on an Apple TV. Our input device is the Apple Remote which is inadequate for easy navigation. I need an input device somewhere between a mouse and keyboard and a TV remote control.
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I was actually about to install Boxee but out of morbid curiosity I read the "Evaluation and Testing Agreement" and found the non-disclosure terms too onerous. If I'm going to be an unpaid alpha tester I at least want to get a blog post out of it.
obviously we have no issue with people talking about boxee
Thanks for posting that review. It was very helpful in many ways. I agree
that competing with apple is never going to be easy. They do interfaces so
well.
That¹s part of the reason that Boxee has retained a UX person and is going
to work hard on the UI/UX.
But the reason that I got the confidence to make this investment is that
³open² is not really in apple¹s DNA
They¹ve opened up the iPhone and maybe they¹ll do the same with appleTV
But they haven¹t totally opened up the iPhone. I don¹t see flash on it
anytime soon.
So that¹s the opening that Boxee will have to run into and then execute
flawlessly
Thanks again for the review/feedback
fred
I will turn n in some feedback as in my experience of having written UI libraries before I did notice some minor quirks that should be addressed.
Despite the mi nor quirks a real great service and lve the fact that the client can be installed on Linux..
1) Lack of content. The DVR does a much better job of time shifting of current programming, and media companies seem to be protecting their DVD sales by limiting access to archived material.
2) User input device. Again I use Boxee on an Apple TV. Our input device is the Apple Remote which is inadequate for easy navigation. I need an input device somewhere between a mouse and keyboard and a TV remote control.