Viddler launches version 2… lots of design and interface changes

Viddler, a video sharing service, has been upgraded to version 2 which launched early this morning. They have a video that shows that they launched the changes at about 2am this morning.

There is no post yet about the upgrades so I am working off memory here…

• Viddler logo on the video - I thought they should have done this from the beginning because branding in this space is critical
• Cleaned up a bit of the interface, now when you mouseover the video, you get a toolbar with the embed, email, etc.
• You can now comment on a video itself vs. just the timed commenting
• They have added a new icon bar which I am not sure if travels with the video but you can flag a video, blog, etc. Actually I think this is just on the Viddler site itself
• Also on the Viddler site there are some other design changes including a large number showing how many videos you have uploaded probably in some attempt to get you to upload more :)

UPDATE: Colin, the Viddler evangelist let me know that I have missed a ton of other new features. I apologize to my readers for missing these items. Here are the other features Colin sent over:

• Video commenting on the timeline.
• Global comments
• Social tagging
• RSS feeds
• Ability to download RAW source files (such as MPEG, MOV, etc)
• Play all is cool
• Featured, Most discussed, most favorited - all new
• Flickr and Twitter integration
• Brand new flash player
• Share this and blog this
• Timed comment voting

Lastly it looks like the videos already out there have been upgraded with no code change. That's great because changing code sucks. You can check out the upgrades on the Viddler site or check out my TapeFailure video.