The new Soapbox is launched
Back to few weeks ago, MSN Soapbox is closed invitation for new user, to preparing for the next generation upgrade. With is last few days you may noticed that Soapbox video and MSN Soapbox site is changed. The most noticeable are theme of player and site. The player is more re-polished and adapted to Windows Media Player 11 style. The site is changed from ugly blue layout and theme to the new well-designed black and white.
From Soapbox blog called it the next generation of soapbox come with full-hand upgrade and highlight features.
Some of the Upgraded Features:
- Scalable Page. Change the size of your browser and the thumbnails and page will scale dynamically.
- New Player with integrated Playlists and Progessive Download Indicators.
- Playlist Functionality. Each time you watch a video it is automatically added to the playlist. The Playlists can also be shared.
- Improved Fullscreen Experience.
- Video Gallery Sorts. Sort by Hour, Day etc.
- Updated Embedded Player with clean design and Playlist features
Some of the other highlights of Soapbox:
- Single Page browsing and viewing.
- Upload Unlimited Video Lengths.
- Simultaneously Upload and process Multiple Videos.
- Persistent Upload and Process indicator.
- Embed Player with Multiple Videos.
- Soapbox Gadgets and Vista Sidebar Gadgets
- High Quality Video Encoding.
- Watch videos simultaneously with Friends using Messenger Activity Window.
It is interesting to see this change. I am personally prefer Soapbox over Youtube by speed of streaming the content (but not comparable while Soapbox user is very small ratio) and the great quality of vedio (sharper and clearer).