Comments on: iPhone’s Safari YouTube support

By: Frank Lowney

Frank Lowney — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:09:44 +0000

As you are working with the SDK, I have a question that I’d like to ask you having to do with the iPhone simulator that is included in the SDK.

Since the iPhone simulator plays on the desktop where I can make screen movies, the simulator represents a solution to those of us who want to talk about this device to people who want and need moving visual imagery. For example, showing how chapters and captions are used on the iPhone and iPod touch would be much richer if a screen movie could be shown.

However, the simulator does not include all of the apps or simulations thereof that a regular iPhone or iPod touch has. Moreover, I see no way to add media such as my demo movie for chapters and soft captions.

So, is there anyone working on correcting this so that credible screen movies of the iPhone interface at work can be made?

Alternatively, I’d love to have whatever it is that Steve Jobs uses in his keynotes to talk about and illustrate the iPhone and iPod touch. All you see is a wire going from his iPhone to what I assume is a hardware (projector) device under the covered table.

By: reas0n555

reas0n555 — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:01:18 +0000

this works also with pages that have video formatted in quicktime as well. theres also a safari add on in installer that let you do this.

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:04:49 +0000

This is pointless, what’s the point of a YouTube app. if you can just go there from the web browser?
…apple’s using time they need to develop good things on crap…

By: David Martinez

David Martinez — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:27:24 +0000

Where is the NERD (pharrell) vid? Everyone Nose?

By: raulr

raulr — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:53:39 +0000

So they just built in the transmorgify bookmarklet. This capability has been available since last year on all sites with embedded youtube videos by using transmorgify. Don’t even need to jailbreak to add this functionality now. Too bad it’s only for you tube videos.

By: Adam Z Lein

Adam Z Lein — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:58:01 +0000

Having it work this way is much better than having the video play within the web page. I’ve used YouTube on Skyfire playing videos embedded within the browser and it sucks. Being able to see the whole video full screen is much much better… similar to the way TCPMP does it with the Flashbundle.

By: pheer6224

pheer6224 — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:05:42 +0000

whoopee, may I ask why exactly the hell this was absent in the first place?

By: shane

shane — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:55:48 +0000

this already works on my iPhone. Just go to You Tube’s mobile version at m.youtube.com then click on any video’s thumbnail, and it opens up the iPhone You Tube player and starts the video.

This is not a new feature, unless it now works on all other non-You Tube websites with embedded You Tube videos.

By: Brian M

Brian M — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:55:38 +0000

You’re right about the iPod doing something like this already w/ YouTube links on the web. The “wipe” transition and the ability to click on YouTube thumbnails are new features, though.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:33:25 +0000

Didn’t the iPod touch already do this? I know if I browse a youtube video and click it in Safari it opens in the youtube application

By: kcirtap

kcirtap — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:01:59 +0000

I love that they had to pick a video with the N96.

By: TedB

TedB — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:43:41 +0000

BGR post on March 29th
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/03/29/new-iphone-20-firmware-has-youtube-plugin-for-safari/

iPhoneatlas post on April 10th
http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008/04/10/iphone-os-20-has-embedded-youtube-support-screenshot/

So actually jose, iphoneatlas needs to keep up, that and your reading of BGR.

By: jose

jose — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:21:05 +0000

Sorry Boy Genius but iphoneatlas.com had this covered weeks ago.
Try to keep up. =]
still love you BGR.

By: mosamjc

mosamjc — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:03:54 +0000

Umm, okay, but don’t you think flash lite 3 would have gone a lot further with native flv support, Jobsy, especially considering Adobe seems content to give it away almost freely these days? C’est la vie…