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OK Go Goes HTML5

Posted by samzenpus on from the can-you-feel-the-music? dept.

edumacator writes "The YouTube sensation OK Go has just released their latest video using HTML5. The video is pretty cool itself, but the interactive feature is great." It looks like the interactive stuff only works in Chrome.

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  1. Arcade Fire's was better and why HTML5? by Chetti · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I like Ok Go, They have an interesting way of using non-cgi to make interesting music videos... however looking at this video from a technical project standpoint... do the browser features (aka: HTML5) really add anything to this video? Don't get me wrong, the capabilities of the browser are really neat, and I bet it was quite the project to put this together. But, the technology doesn't really add anything visually to the video. It just stacks windows next to and on top of each other... might as well skip the multiple windows and just create frames or for that sake, just have them in a single video... I think Arcade Fire's video at http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ was a lot more interesting and a lot better use of web-tech. For one, it used Google maps data in a little more interesting of a way than simply writing out your message w/ feet. Also, they were able to use single backdrop with objects popping up in windows in different areas rather than just a matrix of windows playing a different video stream.

  2. WHO?? and Why?? by luckymutt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Who the fuck is "OK Go" ??
    And why /. running an advert for them?

    Also, their crappy site says:

    >>We're sorry, but this content was designed with the browser Google Chrome in mind.
    >> As a result, it may not work properly in your current browser. We recommend using Google Chrome.

    "Recommend" ?? Bullshit. It won't let you see it in any other browser. That's not recommending.

    In summation, a mediocre artsy group released a shit video using an HTML5able codec so they can be whored around by Google to get a greater browser market share.

  3. Re:sorry, shitty band. by dyingtolive · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does the constant hate ever get exhausting? I mean, I know it's trendy nowadays, but it wears me the fuck out.

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