Joost drops desktops, moves to browsers

Joost's experiment in p2p video distribution is over. Technology is secondary to user experience and enterprise flexibility. Joost.com took over from the Joost software client today. This increases Joost's market reach, shortens release cycles, and slashes a user's adoption costs (no downloads). I'm not saying this approach would work for Skype (whose founders invested in Joost) but this gives some insight into the tradeoffs product architects consider. Back to Joost, Christian Andersen wonders how Joost will be better than or different from other video sites like Hulu.