James Delahunty
17 Feb 2007 16:02
Microsoft's Soapbox video sharing service is now in public beta after being in private beta mode since last year. Soapbox is Microsoft's hope to damage rivals such as YouTube and MySpace. The service uses Window Media Player to display content to users with Internet Explorer and Flash for other users.
One advantage over YouTube lies in the interface, which allows users to simultaneously browse for videos on the left while watching a video on the right. You can also upload videos while watching another (with multiple simultaneous uploads supported). The service has a 100MB upload limit per video, but has no limit for the length of the video content.
It currently supports 13 file types. Videos can be watched by any users, but only users with a Windows Live ID can upload videos, or post comments on others.
Source:
Tech2