On Friday, Joost (formerly the Venice Project) released version 0.8 of their beta player for Windows and also the first Mac beta. According to the Joost team, the availability of a Mac version has been their most emailed question. However, the new Mac beta is only for Intel Macs.
In version 0.8 of Joost, they have included a new CoreAVC video decoder and added some additional content. We gave the new version a whirl and did notice a small difference. We previewed some of the newly added documentaries from National Geographic. While the video was quite blurry when the application was fully expanded, it did look cleaner when we minimized it to a smaller window. However, we still encountered some jitteriness while playing and when trying to stop and close the player, it locked up on us. O'well, that's a beta for you.