Plip's Vimeo JavaScript Embedder v.02

This function will eventially autodetect your browser's useragent and show you a nice thumbnail to click on which will play a Vimeo video. The main problem that this solves is that Vimeo doesn't offer an HTML5 embed and also does not offer an easy way to embed a video for a mobile device and show a thumbnail. See my blog post too.

You're welcome to steal this and use it, but I plan on tidying the code up and releasing it, so ya might just want to wait.

Video Output:

Release History:

• 5.7.2010 - Version .02 - Super basic with auto detect
  • Requires Jquery & SWFObject
  • added basic browser sniffing - yet do it with silly raw check against user agent instead of new school support
  • Broken in ie8
  • Tested on Windows 7 in FF 3.6.3 and Chrome 4.1.249.1064 (45376), and since version .01 worked in android, ipad, pre and iphone, let's say we tested there too ;)
  • Chrome may still give a lot of "Sorry - This video Unavailable" messages from Vimeo
  • Todo:
    • get pimp Vimeo style controls for HTML5,
    • figure if there's anything to Chrome error messages,
    • likley refactor code into a single class,
    • consider removing jquery depenancies,
    • consider moving swfojbect to be included inside the class,
    • fix ie8 and check 7 and 6,
    • see if we wanna go super elegant like Video for Everybody does (very cool!)
  • if any one is actually reading this, the meeting with CEO day after v. 01 went quite well
• 5.5.2010 - Version .01 - Super basic test script.
  • Requires Jquery & SWFObject
  • Many levels of jank to be cleaned up.
  • Only tested on Windows 7 in FF 3.6.3 and Chrome 4.1.249.1064 (45376)
  • Chrome gave a lot of "Sorry - This video Unavailable" messages from Vimeo
  • Todo: Auto detect browser, get pimp Vimeo style controls for HTML5, figure if there's anything to Chrome error messages. Get some sleep, it's frickin 12:20am and I have work tomorrow...a meeting with the CEO no less.