We’re migrating our app across accounts in the App Store, and due to some paperwork issues the Radbox app is unavailable in the App Store.
This situation is temporary, and we’ll be back up as soon as we get this thing with Apple settled.
Apologies!
This tiny little addition to your Radbox experience makes it easy to add videos to a list directly by including the list name in the mail subject.
It’s easy to email a link to Radbox to add a video to your queue. Let’s say you have a list called TED Talks to which you want to add videos directly, skipping your Home queue. All this takes is adding [TED Talks] anywhere to the mail subject. It’s case insensitive so you can also use [ted talks] for the same results.
Tiny but useful, right? Let us know what you think.
Remember the time when a nice video came by, you hit the bookmarklet and got an annoying “No video found!” response? Not any more.
Yesterday we rolled out a feature which saves links as plain bookmarks in case Radbox can’t parse videos from those links. These are saved to a new Bookmarks section, easily accessed from your sidebar (see screenshots).
Check it out! It even works for videos added via email, Google Reader or API. You’ll never miss a video again.
A happy Friday to all Radbox + XBMC fans out there! We’re happy to tell you that an update to our XBMC plugin was rolled out this week, with two additions you cared about the most:
Here’s what XBMC plugin looks like in Eden:
Like it? Be a sport and tweet this. :)
Economies are made in bedrooms not markets!
Hans Rosling explains world population growth using mugs.
(~via Curiosity Counts)
Sometimes, I’m so cool, that it makes the other kids feel bad.
Eric Cartman talks to NPR. Awesome, as expected.
Hope the new year’s treating you well. We’re happy to announce an official plugin for all you XBMC users out there. :-)
So far there was an unofficial plugin built by the awesome Popeye with help from Radbox super-user Guy Sie, but now we’ve stepped up to provide and maintain an official version.
Note: This will upgrade your existing installation of the Radbox (unofficial) plugin.
More features to come in subsequent versions.
So sit back and enjoy your Radbox stream on TV via XBMC!
(Big thanks to Salim and Marc for reporting).
Those of you with iPhones, iPod touches and iPads on iOS 5 or later have been unable to Select and Copy the bookmarklet as per our bookmarklet installation guide. The reason is a bug in iOS 5 that prevents read-only text areas to be selectable. As a temporary solution the text-area with the bookmarklet code is now editable, which means you’ll see an unnecessary keyboard when trying to copy the bookmarklet. There’s also a chance that you select and accidentally edit the contents, in which case it is best to reload the page and try again.
Apologies for not catching this sooner. We’ve filed a bug with Apple so hopefully they’ll fix it soon.
Hi all,
We’ve got reports that the bookmarklet is not working reliably on YouTube for many Chrome users. We’ve got someone looking into the issue, and will update soon.
In Chrome build 16 or later, many bookmarklets including Radbox, Evernote and Instapaper may not work on YouTube. The reason is that Chrome automatically installs a YouTube app which results in a bug preventing the browser to reach the bookmarklet source.
The solution is to remove the YouTube app. Open a new tab in Chrome, hit “Apps” at bottom, and remove the YouTube app as shown below:
This should allow all bookmarklets to start working perfectly with Chrome. Google Chrome stealthily installing apps in your browser might remind you of bloatware from the past (remember the time when Yahoo! Messenger installed a bunch of toolbars and addons you didn’t care about?), but that’s a debate for another day.
We tried a little experiment yesterday. Users who had not logged into Radbox for over a month got this mailer from us.
Here’s the final paragraph:
Are there any bugs or use-cases that don’t work for you? Simply reply this email and the founders will respond as soon as they can. If you still don’t find Radbox useful, you can easily delete your account permanently. :-(
Most web services that we’re familiar with (hundreds of them) either don’t offer a way to delete an account or make the link less apparent so that few people end up clicking it. We’re not so smart.
We thought if you don’t intend to use a service, it should be easy for you to say goodbye and move on. This is what some of our ex-users (is that even a term?) did, and a few were even kind enough to leave feedback.
I have a tendency to save things, including videos, aside for later and then not go back to them. For instance, I have two weeks worth of reading in ReadItLater. You’re offering a good service for someone that has self-control :)
New year’s eve is a perfect time to say no to things that we can do without, and yes to things that we ought to do more. It is also a perfect time for a new experiment. :)
