2010 Prius Navigation explanation

Drats - doesn't look like it's there anymore
media - Google Maps

 

I have some questions about these videos, and some suggestions for
a more accessible presentation method as you produce more of them.
You say you're under various constraints but hopefully there are
some minimal things to help bring it to more people.
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Are you developing these in a Mac environment? The vids definitely
have that "reflective dock" look about them here and there. What do
you use to do all the animations? [No, I'm not a video jock by
any stretch, just curious.]
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You've seen that the "iTunes" thing didn't really work out so well,
but it's another hint that you might be in the "mac universe" that
might have also given you a way to push the videos to the net. But
do you have direct access to the site where the actual video files
are hosted? What I'm thinking is that if you could upload a simple
HTML wrapper around the files to the same area, such as

Code:

<a href="Adjusting%20the%20Tone_2-H.264%20for%20iPod%20Video%20640x480.m4v">
Adjusting the Tone for iPod Video
</a><p>
... etc ...

with a cute image or two, they would be readily available to anyone
with any sort of browser and then you could just point people toward
that. You would have to upload a fresh version of the list as you
put up more videos, but that shouldn't be difficult.
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I would also try to avoid using spaces in the filenames. I know --
the Mac environment really encourages that, but as you've seen it
causes confusion in some of the other platforms. I always swap them
for underscores (_) or dashes when I need to do sucn things.
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In fact I could probably generate that index for you, as could
many other web-savvy folks hereabouts. It's just a minor mod to
the RSS file that was already posted. If you want any help on
making this all easier, PM me some contact info. I want to help
you guys improve and try to remove some of the frustration on
both sides.
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Sorry about all the disparagement, from myself and others. A lot
of it got deleted from this thread, in fact. It's easy to get
annoyed when web content doesn't work -- trust me, I deal with
this all the time, and usually try to get it repaired at the
design level. Let me only be the two-thousand-and-thirty-fifth
person to say that Toyota has done a wonderful job on the whole
Prius line and the thinking around it -- in fact as you may have
noticed I am one of your lowest-paid salesmen when I go out to energy
and car shows and hand out my flyers and explain the drivetrain all
day in the hot sun. But you must admit that to some extent, Toyota
*is* a huge monolithic company behind a badge, and the effects from
that are well-known throughout many forum postings. Hopefully you
can help push some of that upstairs at the same time. [We'd *love*
to see a US-model Estima or similar, for example...]
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It's also great that you are participating in the forums, and
volunteering to be the "face of Toyota" over here. That comes
with a certain level of responsibility either real or perceived
and you're probably going to get a lot of inquiries/comments that
are outside your deparment's purview. Just goes with the
territory, I suppose. Hopefully you can reliably refer some
of that back *to* Priuschat for getting questions fielded.
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_H* [only semi-professional web guy]