iPlayer: Making Mobile Video Work?

Mobile

Nick Richards

looking at the future, earlier

Slide © Fjord 2008. Confidential.

Whilst I was doing this work, I was working at

Fjord. They’re very nice and very good at this sort

of thing - please hire them.

Mobile

• Faster, more pervasive connections and devices

• Don’t have to watch Cash In The Attic

• User experience improvements from the web

Why will we be any more successful?

• How can we increase information density?

• How can we increase satisfaction?

Goals

Steal this stuff, please

Three box

Legacy option

Overlays

Expandoboxes

Think ahead

I don’t know how to quit you

You must be this tall to ride

Surprise and delight

Why were we able to be successful?

• 5 way nav.

• 320x240

• Decent web browser

Knew what we were designing for

Able to spend time to prototype and user test

Designed for scale

Compelling content, brand and marketing support

Modular construction

CC licences

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/fenris/31434601/

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenmurphy/2391840344/

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/9679326@N04/2739479065/

Thanks!I’ve been Nick Richards; you’ve been a wonderful

audience

Really, it’s over.