Please remove the visual comments collage

Good morning Seesmic. Thank you for developing the tool to allow me to post Seesmic videos several times a week on FAQautism.com. The visual, person-to-person contact is VERY well received by people across the world - parents, family members, teachers, therapists, medical professionals, individuals with autism, and others interested in the well-being of people with autism. One in every 150 children is diagnosed with autism, so MANY, MANY people are in need of practical resources. Embedded Seesmic video is a PERFECT communication tool for this diverse audience.

But most people participating in the conversation will not be sending Seesmic replies. Many do not have the camera and mic, and many want to respect the privacy of their family members or friends with autism.

So I am requesting that the visual collage of the responses be removed from the Seesmic posts on FAQautism.com. It clutters the image and confuses the folks who want to listen to the post.

Thank you.
+ Cathy Knoll
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Thomas Knoll, Official Rep, replied on July 19, 2008 00:19

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Just to clarify. Are you asking to have a version of the embeddable video that ONLY shows the single video you selected (with out any replies ever)? Or are you asking to hide all the replies until after the video has played?

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Cathy Knoll replied on July 19, 2008 01:02

I don't anticipate getting many video replies for these Autism VODcasts from the FAQautism community since most folks have low-tech capabilities and because they tend to prefer protecting the privacy of their friends with autism. On the occasions that an Autism VODcast post has received five or ten replies from the Seesmic community, the topic of the replies understandably moved off on a tangent. That has been VERY confusing to people in the FAQautism community.

Also, the collage of video replies really clutters up the screen. I realize that many other people like the collage because it visually illustrates the popularity of their post. But, like many other practical applications of Seesmic, the Autism VODcasts don't have that need.

I realize I was among those who requested that the Seesmic logo appear on the embedded Seesmic videos. But now the screen is very cluttered:
(1) Seesmic appears three times: above the video, in the bottom right of the video screen, AND below the video.
(2) The folding collage covers the bottom section of the screen
(3) buttons for "Auto Play Off" and "Reply" appear at the top of the screen.

All of that is to say that I would prefer that the collage of comments that shows up at the bottom third of the screen of the video be removed. Can the video replies appear below in comments just like the written comments? I'm not opposed to the posting of video comments - I just don't want the folding collage of video comments cluttering up the bottom of the screen. So, if there is no way to post the video comments in the comments section BELOW the video, I guess I would have to pick the option of only showing the video I selected

In a perfect world, I would also like to see "Auto Play Off" moved into the menu or to the bar below the screen.

I'm an advocate for CLEAN SCREENS!

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