marketwatch.com — Dvorak talks about why Youtube took off like it did. "Two things seem to be at work. The first is the incredible desire people have to share video clips with each other. That's now apparent." I will actually have to say I agree with Dvorak on this (please no death threats.)
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hemphill81Aug 10, 2006Submitter
There seems to be a mass of haters for Dvorak. To say I agree with him will only bring down the wrath upon me.
pignanelliAug 11, 2006
God love him, he's not a complete idiot, but Dvorak tends to either a) brilliantly state the obvious or b) make sweeping generalizations that are way off base.
theoallardyceAug 11, 2006
The only reason YouTube is successful is becuase their player works, fast, every time. It doesnt take 30 seconds, it loads as fast as you can load flash and starts playing with almost no buffering. Theres no saving videos to your desktop then waiting for your player to load, no watching embedded Windows Media take 3 minutes to buffer, no waiting for QuickTime to get off its f**king ass and load and YouTube is never ever busy. It just gives you the video you want right now with minimal hassle and not only that:YouTube has become a by-word for reliable web streaming, if anyone has a video to share, if anything cool appears on digg or somewhere the first thing people will want is a YouTube link because it just bloody works.YouTube is like Starbucks or McDonalds - it might not be the best quality and it might be locked in a commercial video format but you know that when you need to see a video YouTube wont f**k you around, you know what you're gonna get.
flamekebabAug 11, 2006
"The hardest part of the process is the user managing to get the video onto a computer where it can be uploaded to YouTube. Nowadays with digital camcorders and still cameras that shoot .MOV files it is not that hard and most cams come with software to make it easier."*DO* most digicams these days use the .MOV format?I know my old Olympus C-2 uses it, but my far newer Dimage G530 uses some sort of MPEG4 AVI format. My Mustek DV4000 uses ASF (although it claims to be MJPEG) and my Nokia N70 uses either 3GP or MP4.Can anyone else back this statement about most cameras using the .MOV format?
flash200Aug 11, 2006
Started with an "A" and ended with "Look, I just want to cancel my f***ing service!"
flash200Aug 11, 2006
His appeal as a columnist is that he insults as many people as possible to get a high volume of page hits. He even openly brags about this approach.This article seemed unique because it was closer to the Dvorak of TWiT.tv and Cranky Geeks, the rational one who's not so interested in flame-baiting. I remember on one podcast, he briefly started going into Dvorak-the-columnist mode and everyone else on the show quickly made fun of him for it. That was a fun moment.
swimming_birdAug 11, 2006
I dont understand why google is behind? i personally find google's interface a lot nicer then youtube.
youpinadiAug 14, 2006
Yeah, I wonder how such articles can go on the popular section, I wonder if people actually read the article.