Hi Alex, great to see that you guys read HN. You're doing a good job with the content. That said, here's some suggestions in an irreverent tone:
1) The transcript shouldn't be a scrollable window. Scrollable windows within scrollable windows suck, especially when people use the mousewheel.
2) The transcript should take up a lot more than freaking 13% of the screen. (Just measured that in Photoshop, browser maximized, 1280x1024) It's the main content that most people come to see.
3) The "expand" buttons should not exist. Everything should be expanded, always. Ever try to read a blog post by clicking to expand each paragraph?
Those are the big issues. Try to emulate the Google Docs reading experience (see semmons's link higher up the thread). If you want little buttons next to each paragraph that skip to that place in the video, fine. I don't object to those.
1) The transcript shouldn't be a scrollable window. Scrollable windows within scrollable windows suck, especially when people use the mousewheel.
2) The transcript should take up a lot more than freaking 13% of the screen. (Just measured that in Photoshop, browser maximized, 1280x1024) It's the main content that most people come to see.
3) The "expand" buttons should not exist. Everything should be expanded, always. Ever try to read a blog post by clicking to expand each paragraph?
Those are the big issues. Try to emulate the Google Docs reading experience (see semmons's link higher up the thread). If you want little buttons next to each paragraph that skip to that place in the video, fine. I don't object to those.