http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/08/14/on-actually-empowering-web-users/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:08:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/08/14/on-actually-empowering-web-users/comment-page-1/#comment-34719 Rob Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:58:36 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/08/14/on-actually-empowering-web-users/#comment-34719 And you're familiar with Vimeo, right: it is very much Jakob's brainchild. All the things that you can do are clearly things that he loves. If you read his Tumblr archives, you'll notice a trend in that. New features, redesigns, the current online-video-sharing market... it's stunning to see how much Vimeo is Jakob and how little the "others" are paying attention to their users. And you’re familiar with Vimeo, right: it is very much Jakob’s brainchild. All the things that you can do are clearly things that he loves. If you read his Tumblr archives, you’ll notice a trend in that. New features, redesigns, the current online-video-sharing market… it’s stunning to see how much Vimeo is Jakob and how little the “others” are paying attention to their users.

]]> http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/08/14/on-actually-empowering-web-users/comment-page-1/#comment-34409 Joshua Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:16:55 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/08/14/on-actually-empowering-web-users/#comment-34409 It must be said, Vimeo's sporting ad space these days (granted, the definition of <i>"stupid"</i> is also completely subjective), but I enjoy what Jakob's getting at here. Shoving a bunch of options in front of the user and allowing them to choose from those options is vastly different from letting the user explore content and decide what is good. It must be said, Vimeo’s sporting ad space these days (granted, the definition of “stupid” is also completely subjective), but I enjoy what Jakob’s getting at here. Shoving a bunch of options in front of the user and allowing them to choose from those options is vastly different from letting the user explore content and decide what is good.

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