Survey outcome

During the development of 4.0, a small survey ran on the forum, asking (among others) for feature requests. Here's the results:

How did you hear about the JW Media Player?

  • Google search: 61.3%
  • Right-clicked on a JW Player: 17.1%
  • Friend: 8.7%
  • Other: 14%

What CMS (if any) do you use?

  • None: 36.0%
  • Wordpress: 9.7%
  • Joomla: 5.0%
  • Drupal: 4.2%
  • Expression Engine: 2.5%
  • Clip Share: 2.0%
  • Other: 40%

Important features (listed)

  • Fallbacks for small bandwidth or slow computers: 36.2%
  • Statistics tracking: 29.8%
  • Plugin extensibility: 24%
  • Recommendations endscreen: 20.4%
  • Embed codes / mail-a-friend boxes: 23.0%
  • Stream security mechanism: 17.1%
  • Closed audio description: 5.6%

Important features (custom input)

  • Skinning: 43
  • Forward seeking: 7
  • Flex / Flash component: 6
  • Javascript API: 4
  • Better live-streaming support: 4
  • Stable cross-browser support: 3
  • More tutorials: 3
  • Multi-language captions: 3
  • Share / embed links: 3
  • Descriptions in playlist: 3
  • More formats / WMV support: 3
  • Bandwidth detection: 2

Would you be interested in paying for support / customer service

  • No: 59.3%
  • Yes: 40.7%