In April 2007, I tried out the Joost desktop client.  [More on Joost here and here]

I was underwhlemed by the performance, and the fact that the application completely maxxed out my dual core CPU, my 2G of RAM, and my high-speed home broadband. I do remember thinking at the time that it seemed weird to have a Desktop Client in the first place. Well, as Om Malik reports this morning, it seems that I was not alone.

After this week’s hoopla over Chrome, moving in the direction of the browser seems like a wise thing to do. But I definitely hear far more buzz over Hulu than I do for Joost on the intertubes.

Update

Michael Arrington and TechCrunch weigh into the discussion.

Tags: browser, desktop client, Hulu, Joost, Malik, media, Om, Om Malik, Streaming, tv

Got my invite to Joost today. Downloaded the app and tried to use it.

Channel selection is lame.

Response is slow.

And even on my reasonably powerful laptop, the memory, CPU and network usage went through the roof.

Yup. Uninstall.

Tags: Joost

Tags: app, bandwidth, HTTP, IE, it, Joost, Om, Technorati

Trillian, the multi-system messenger program I use, apparently has this really cool new product in development. However, they have taken the Joost approach to releasing things: make it exclusive.

This is making me angry, and I am considering switching back to GAIM, even though I find GAIM clunky and wheezy in it’s latest version.

Trillian developers: open it up! Teasing me only pisses me off. By the time you release your hot new product, I won’t care anymore.

I already don’t care if Joost ever gets released; it’s dead to me. Please don’t do this with Trillian.

Tags: Trillian, GAIM, Joost, ceruleanstudios, cerulean studios

Tags: app, cool, EAD, HTTP, IM, it, Joost, Om, pr, Technorati, trillian