GR4 - Computer Prototype

The computer prototype will be available at http://streambrowser.mit.edu. The site has been tested with Chrome and Firefox 4 on Windows 7 (but should work well in other similar environments).

Notes about this prototype:

  • Stream watching is not fully implemented yet. All thumbnails lead to the same stream (maybe offline), and the stream page is a simple embed.
  • Streams have not yet been organized into categories yet. All categories lead to the same set of streams.
    • Category navigation has not been fully implemented. One cannot go up category hierarchies.
  • The search functionality has not been implemented.
  • The look/visual fidelity is not very high. There will be graphical updates in the future, but the important usability features are there.
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1 Comment

  1. Anh Dang Viet Nguyen

    Comments 1:

    They seem to not have search functionality (which is core to their UI task of finding a news video). Also the category names are simply a list and not related at all to what the interface would look like in a full implementation (at least coming up with fake category names with a few categories populated with relevant videos would be much better for GR4 work).

    Comments 2:

    Besides basic video features, please considering adding features that are specifics for streaming.

    - Naming categories is irrelevant. Even it's prototyping, please pick out meaning texts and labels.
    - All categories point to same page?
    - Video is too small, too many redudant space.

    - Suggesting to add:

    + Besides the barebone video component, consider Info or Comment or Twitter tweets or Chat on the big white space on the right.

    + Adding overlaying live info on top of video thumbnails. For example, adding scores on top of a live streaming NBA game thumbnail video.

    + Drag and drop video to the bottom list for Watch Later.