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Show HN: Video player that puts viewers first

bossvideoplayer.com

12 pointskevingorin12 comments

I must be outside the target market of "video viewers". This website has a popup, an attention grabbing bug, a second popup on defocus, that same popup again on idle.

Then I view the actual sample ad that the website has. It's essentially a fractal of advertisement - interactive elements pasted inside other interactive elements with video playing the entire while.

About the only user-friendly feature I can find is that the entire item is encapsulated in one element for simple adblocking.

Surely that title must be a parody? The demo is a nightmare of interactive elements flashing back and forth, nevermind the instant location permission request and subscription popup. Of course there's also the mandatory annoying Intercom garbage.

Congratulations on shipping. The name, the copy, the pitch, the popups all made me wonder if maybe this was satire, though. I suppose I’m not the intended audience, but it was all too obnoxious and I just wanted to leave this site.

Same experience here. Impossible to believe that a site with such poor user experience can at the same time offer a product that "puts viewers first".

So technically take the youtube description section and squeeze it as a buggy overlay on top of the video is a "viewer first" move?

I'm confused :(

Why does this site with its focus on a video player need to know my browser's location?

This seems sketchy.

Think online video advertising industry is broken. It puts advertiser first and viewer second by interrupting and forcing conversions.

Created Boss video player that allows the viewer to trigger video overlays when they want to learn more about certain moment. Also opened it up to allow any html css and javascript to be added on top of the video through our back panel. So people can embed any 3rd oarty snippet inside the player; salesforce forms, booking calendar, chat etc.

Also created a free forever plan with no credit card required.

Been over a year in development and now its launched.

This was not a good "Show HN." I should be able to click on a Show HN and see on the very first page what the thing does. I.e., I should be able to use the product on the landing page you direct me to. Here I cannot. Also, do away with the popups, the location request, etc. I advise you to try again with a real demo.

Contrary to other comments, I like it, but the title is creating a completely wrong expectation of what the actual product is.

The site seems far too fleshed out to be a joke so I have to assume it's a legitimate offering. I propose that an even-more-premium plan be offered where a person with a stick jabs the viewer on the side until the sale is made further increasing the conversion rate :D.

While I certainly see the (advertising) value of such a product I have to wonder whether there's a less intrusive way to 'seal the deal'.

Some of the examples do not work well on mobile (iPad Pro). The UI elements are a tad small to hit accurately on a touch screen and elements which require scrolling don't scroll as expected such as the forms to be filled in.

Is this a joke or?

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