ATTENTION FILMMAKERS VIMEO HAS UPDATED THEIR PLAYER

Chris Hill January 24, 2014 Comments Off

It’s been a while since and, as a member of the Vimeo Player Team, I’m happy to

First, a little background. A lot has changed since we launched the last all-new version of our player, two and a half years ago:

* Browser innovation has brought new HTML5 capabilities (full-screen viewing is now available on every major desktop browser).
* Smartphones have gotten more powerful (and in many cases, bigger), and the variety of smartphones has increased tremendously (three years ago, when we debuted the HTML player, there were only a handful in existence.)
* Firefox added support for H.264 on mobile, Windows, and Linux (with OS X support on the horizon).
* The introduction of devices that support multiple kinds of inputs (e.g., touch, mouse, and pen) at the same time.

With all these advancements, it was clear that we needed a more flexible and accommodating base for our player. So we did the only thing that made sense: we rebuilt the whole thing from scratch.