MSNBC Begins Beta Testing New Video Player

Video Tour of new player

To the left of the playlist is the navigation, where you can browse for the videos you want. Up top are, um, top videos, then most viewed videos, weird news and the playlist you have started to create with the little blue + sign. Below that are categories that match the sections of our site, from U.S. news to Travel. Click on the “Entertainment” button to get the latest clips in that category — or roll over it and click “latest clips” to get the same list, or navigate right to topics like “Television” or franchises like Countdown’s “Keeping Tabs” or clips from Access Hollywood. The navigation works the same way under “Shows,” where you can browse clips by the NBC News broadcasts they come from.

The related links and controls below the player should be pretty intuitive, but you may be a bit surprised when you click the full-screen button, which is my favorite part of our new experience. The overlays you first see at the bottom — the controls — and the left — the navigation — will disappear, but you can always bring them back by mousing over the bottom or left of your screen.

Source: AlphaChannel

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