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Simon Johnson replied on August 14, 2009 15:04 to the question "Anyone want UX testing work in US?" in Clearleft:

Is Jared Spool free? How about Mr Nielsen?

Simon Johnson marked one of Chris Colhoun's replies in Clearleft as useful. Chris Colhoun replied to the question "Video is lagging behind the sound?".

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Simon Johnson replied on July 05, 2009 14:31 to the question "Painfully slow render time?" in Clearleft:

What if those small number of people were super important and good looking and knew Harry B? It's time to break out the whips and leg manacles for the code writers.

Simon Johnson replied on July 05, 2009 12:24 to the question "Painfully slow render time?" in Clearleft:

Have you guys looked into suppporting the Elgato Turbo.264 HD yet? I am doing some testing for Madgex and wanted to hammer out the export using my new dongle!

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Simon Johnson replied on October 29, 2008 13:03 to the idea "Watch iSight video without exporting" in Clearleft:

I suppose that I meant to say, that in heaven it would be good to see the composite render (iSight feed + screen) running in preview mode. Sort of a low-res version. I now understand that you would need a Cloud computer to render video in real time.

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Simon Johnson replied on October 29, 2008 13:01 to the idea "Place a video bookmark a few seconds in the past" in Clearleft:

Great stuff. I guessed it's one of those things that are easier said than done.

Simon Johnson shared an idea in Clearleft on October 28, 2008 18:28:

Place a video bookmark a few seconds in the past

When I am listening to users, I don't know if they are going to say something noteworthy. Therefore, when I click on the '+' on the remote it is after the fact. How about an option in Preferences where we could specify how many seconds, in the past, to alter bookmarks?

Scenario
Q. 'How do you feel about squirrel jam?"
User: "I would rather bugger myself backwards with a rusty fish fork than eat squirrel jam."
>> Ooh good quote me thinks..... (I now push the + button).... I wish that bookmark would be placed at the beginning of the users' comment.

So how would Silverback know when to place the bookmark, isn't that impossible? Of course, but I estimate that after about 5 seconds I know if what is being said is worthwhile, so if I could specify an amount of time to post-date bookmarks that we be good enough.

So Clearleft, what do you think?

Simon Johnson replied on October 27, 2008 14:59 to the praise "Clearleft 'gets' usability" in Clearleft:

The reason I mentioned Elgato's h264 turbo dingle is that of seems quite user friendly and can be used in conjunction with their TV software and iTunes. It's the sort of thing I wouldn't mind purchasing and carrying with my laptop when I am on the road usability testing. God knows if it's any good or appropriate for Silverback.

Simon Johnson replied on October 27, 2008 14:45 to the praise "Clearleft 'gets' usability" in Clearleft:

The Elgato dongle might be worth supporting as it can be used in iTunes etc.

Simon Johnson gave praise in Clearleft on October 24, 2008 19:46:

Clearleft 'gets' usability

I love Clearleft's simple user interface and clarity of purpose. Their customer service is first class.

In comparison with Morae, which suffers from the Microsoft disease and feature bloat, Silverback is a pleasure to work with.

The price is unbelievably low for what it is. I imagine that if they could add the lion's share of core features, such as batch export, they will win a lot more converts.

My only grip is the slightly unreliable export function. If it could harness hardware video compression then exports would be reduced considerably.

So far so good. Keep the good work up down there in Brighton.