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Archive for January 22nd, 2010

Skype for Linux 2.1 Beta 2

Skype for Linux 2.1 Beta 2

Skype has announced a new beta for their Linux client. Linux doesn't see many updates from them, but when they come out, they're usually pretty significant. Of note in this release: Screen Sharing Quote a message in chat UI Styling There are apparently still some audio bugs in this otherwise nice Linux client. Let me know what you think.

Vimeo Now Adds HTML5 Player

Vimeo Now Adds HTML5 Player

As if to immediately follow suit, Vimeo announced yesterday that they were making an HTML5 player available. It is beta, possibly a step up from YouTube's 'experimental' player. (Knowing Google, experimental is RC material though.) There are some limitations with Vimeo's player as well. You must be using Safari, Chrome or IE with ChromeFrame [...]