Will Adobe address Joost Copycats?

TechCrunch asks Will Joost Address The Copycats? but will Adobe address them too in Adobe Media Player? Or will all the good stuff be under the hood for advertisers? I think Apple's movie player is still the best for users (global spacebar stop, frame advance with arrows, etc.), though many Microsoft-oriented engineers can't accept that. In the past some engineers even refused to make an up arrow raise a numeric value (not lower), because that was a "Mac" UI convention and not in Microsoft MFC!

Adobe Media Player video

Drew Keller, a Microsoft employee, has a blog with Flash video of his NAB tour which has good footage of Adobe Media Player (the last third of the video). He also points out that the new Apple 4:2:2 codec won't be available to every app, and of course he wasn't impressed by Apple's offerings. He also heard no mention of Windows Media at NAB! (via)

Adobe Media Player

JD says keep an eye on Adobe's Deeje Cooley for the best information on this subject, which is Adobe Media Player (announced at NAB), so you too can monetize eyeballs with "happiness metrics" and video streams.

Update: JD has more thoughts on AMP and Microsoft initiatives, and sees AMP more in the space with Joost, Miro/Democracy and the like. It's hard to say what developers will do with Silverlight, the MS answer to Flash. Some are already noting that the real battle's between Adobe and Google, and not about Silverlight. Gizmodo has a report on AMP from NAB.

Web 2.0 Expo is free

If you didn't make it to NAB you could squeeze in a free visit to the Web 2.0 Expo 2007, April 15-18, 2007, in San Francisco. You might google up a free pass access code just in case, or follow along on the blog and video streams so you too can monetize eyeballs with "happiness metrics" and Adobe Media Player (whatever that is).