EyeSpot: Cool!

I never thought I'd ever see a Javascript-based film editor but it's here. EyeSpot is the latest from mp3.com's Michael Roberts' Ajax binge. We weren't impressed with the first two Ajax apps (Word and Paint in Ajax) but this is something different and something cool.

I foresee a rocky road for EyeSpot, despite the technology being cool. As techcrunch pointed out, there are a lot of video sites. Some are pure archives, like YouTube, but others have video editing capability. What distinguishes EyeSpot? It has to be more than just "we did it all in Javascript"--users don't typically care what tech is under the hood, so long as the job gets done.

Technologists, however ... we can look at EyeSpot and go "oooh" all day long.