Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)

It'll be interesting to see how this works. As a user I'm a fan of thick clients, but it's an unanswered question whether and when thick clients are a valuable companion product for a web app. This is another data point to that question.

(I guess Twitter is another example of a place where thick clients have a clear place alongside the standard web thin client, but that's somewhat different in that these thick clients are, if I'm not mistaken, produced by third parties rather than Twitter.)

Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)

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Post by maximilian » Thu, May 28, 2009, 6:22 PM UTC

Despite being Air based, do you think the os x performance will be any better? I hate flash mostly because it performs horribly on os x.

Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)

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Post by justinsb » Thu, May 28, 2009, 6:23 PM UTC

nwjsmith wrote: post #2

Probably the real reason they put up such a fight against Boxee.

Agree - and if/when they do a deal to put Hulu on the Apple TV, then the Apple TV would be a much more compelling product.

I like Boxee, but I don't think I would use it if Apple TV provided an easy way to add custom 'websites/channels' e.g. Hulu.

Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)

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Post by zimbabwe » Thu, May 28, 2009, 6:43 PM UTC

maximilian wrote: post #5

Despite being Air based, do you think the os x performance will be any better? I hate flash mostly because it performs horribly on os x.

I'm trying it right now, running my usual computer-dick test of running a lot of stuff at once. There's no lag so far.

Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)

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Post by jobu » Thu, May 28, 2009, 6:46 PM UTC

"Hulu Desktop will work with Apple and Windows Media Center remotes."

Very exciting! I will have to try this when I get home.

Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)

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Post by masomenos » Thu, May 28, 2009, 6:59 PM UTC

maximilian wrote: post #5

Despite being Air based, do you think the os x performance will be any better? I hate flash mostly because it performs horribly on os x.

compared to? Subjectively, hulu's flash works much better than netflix' sliverlight.

Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)

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Post by radley » Thu, May 28, 2009, 7:21 PM UTC

maximilian wrote: post #5

Despite being Air based, do you think the os x performance will be any better? I hate flash mostly because it performs horribly on os x.

Not AIR. Is actually a native app (OSX / Win) used as a Flash wrapper.