In a recent review of HTML5 video player frameworks, VideoJS came out as one of the top-featured contenders – especially when it comes to maintaining a brand-centric player presence across platforms. Many HTML5 / Flash player hybrids work perfectly well across desktop, tablet and mobile but there is often a huge discrepancy between the nice-looking player seen on the desktop and the vanilla-flavoured native player so often seen elsewhere…

At the London Brightcove Developer Group last night, we were fortunate enough to see a presentation by Martin Webb, Technology Manager for Multimedia at Symbian. While showing a largely non-technical deck (which was refreshing from such an obvious technical supremo), Martin explored the classic lean forward/sit back paradigm of user interaction and how this relates to the mobile platform