<story><title>Google Drive</title><url>https://drive.google.com/start</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>trustfundbaby</author><text>I&apos;m curious to know how many people like this trend of having to watch a video when you get to a landing page. Its showing up in more and more places, and I personally dislike it (I don&apos;t want to load a video and watch a clip, if I can quickly scan text and images and figure out if I should continue), but I wanted to know what other people thought.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jwr</author><text>I rarely watch the videos. Life is too short. If I can learn about the service/product by reading, that&apos;s fine, if not — I&apos;ll just abandon the page. If the service/product is any good, it will come back to me sooner or later via friends&apos; recommendations.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Drive</title><url>https://drive.google.com/start</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>trustfundbaby</author><text>I&apos;m curious to know how many people like this trend of having to watch a video when you get to a landing page. Its showing up in more and more places, and I personally dislike it (I don&apos;t want to load a video and watch a clip, if I can quickly scan text and images and figure out if I should continue), but I wanted to know what other people thought.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>timwiseman</author><text>I am fully with you.  As a general rule, I process text much faster (and more selectively) than I can process a video.&lt;p&gt;The only time I prefer video is when it is something that truly benefits from being demonstrated in a way that is cumbersome to describe in words.  Working with software is almost always best described in words with some pictures, but I found videos extremely helpful in origami.</text></comment>