Slideshow. Curl. Flash Video. Manifest Technology Blog -- Site: | Articles | Galleries | Resources | DVI Tech | About | Site Map | Articles: | PC Video | Web Media | DVD & CD | Portable Media | Digital Imaging | Wireless Media | Home Media | Tech & Society | PC Video: | PC Video Articles | Video Software Gallery | Video Editing Resources | by Douglas Dixon Flavors of Flash: Adobe Flash Uses and Formats Creating Flash Videos: Flash Professional and Sorenson Squeeze Freeware Flash Tools: KeepVid, VLC, SUPER Applian Video Tools Pegasys / TMPGEnc References YouTube and other short-form Web video sites are a huge hit, partially because of the way Flash Video makes them so easy to use -- just click on the video window, and the clip just starts playing.
There's no fuss -- no separate player, no additional downloads, just the video playing right there in the browser. Sound familiar?