I've always been a fan of Vimeo's clean design, not to mention their filmmaker-centric features and community. Today they officially announced a new design, which places larger video embeds front and center, and which they will be rolling out over the next few weeks. I was surprised to see my friend Damian Washington in the launch video -- you might recognize this guy as the lead from The West Side -- or not, he looks quite different when not in an alternate universe:
A sampling of new Vimeo features:
- Import friends/followers from Facebook and Twitter
- Related links on almost every page for easier navigation
- Enhanced messaging features, like sorting unread messages
- Smarter thumbnail selection
- The ability to sort videos by their length
- Vimeo Events listings let you know what we’re doing and where we’ll be
- Add a personal message when you invite friends
- Picasa photo support for video pages
- Voice recognition search with Google Chrome browser
- Download any version of a video (SD, HD, original, mobile)
- Super-sharp 960-pixel thumbnails on the video page
- Contextual help module on every page of Vimeo
- Your recently uploaded videos appear on your homepage
- Add multiple URLs to your profile page
- Delete a video right from the video page
- Combined share/embed functionality
- More ways to discover all the things Vimeo offers
- Video downloads available to non-members
You can sign up below for the new design (and read about the new features), or just wait for it to appear sometime in the next few weeks.
