IDblog ... an information design weblog

December 22, 2002
MovieNot!

Ziya alerted folks on the SIGIA list about Stewart Alsop's critique of the MovieLink service on Fortune.com:

It's clear that the studios' motivation in designing MovieLink is fear of piracy. But they forgot to make the service usable, appealing, or compelling. So MovieLink will fail, people will argue that you can't sell digital content on the Internet--and the studios will have proved nothing.

I had to check this out, though after being warned by Alsop about nearly gigabyte downloads that took five hours over DSL, I hadn't expected to actually try out the service. Good thing, for here's my experience with MovieLink:

doesn't work on Macs :(

User experience ... not.

Comments
Post a comment
Note: Your comment will be reviewed prior to posting to minimize comment spam. Management regrets the inconvenience!


IDblog is Beth Mazur tilting at power law windmills. A little bit Internet, a little bit technology, a little bit society, and a lot about designing useful information products. Send your cards and letters to .

search this site
archives
categories
key links
groups
about moi
feeds
amphetadesk
rdf
xml
gratuitous right-nav promos


(pdf)




Creative Commons License; click for details

Powered by Movable Type