Introducing the world's first, free video email website

Leading software development house, Compsoft and design agency Bluesulphur are delighted to announce the successful launch of VuYou, a free video email social interaction website, the brainchild of entrepreneur Terry Flores.

Terry, together with Robert Drew, who provided a wealth of management experience and financial support, came to Compsoft having noticed a gap in the social use of the internet for sending and receiving video messages to friends and relations. His research suggested that the target audience was growing and that such a service would be both accepted and successful.

Bluesulphur, Compsoft’s in-house design agency, was tasked with delivering the striking design while conforming to a ‘three-click’ methodology; being able to send a video within three clicks. Marketing Director for Bluesulphur, Paul Cranston commented “VuYou has been an exciting project. There are few occasions where the brief includes delivering a design that can cross global borders and social groups, while adhering to the needs of an intuitive interface.”

Of the involvement with Bluesulphur, Terry Flores said “We have thoroughly enjoyed the time spent with Bluesulphur working through webpage layouts, design and functionality. It was good to have a design team in Bluesulphur that took the time to listen to our requirements and needs. The team has gone out of its way to ensure that our website is as good in aesthetics and functionality as possible.”

The successful delivery of the project relied heavily on clear project management; Roy Goddard, Compsoft’s Head of Development, saw the project through from specification to delivery. He said “This has seen the successful integration of Microsoft's latest ASP.Net technology, with Compsoft's rich application framework and a cutting-edge AJAX user interface. These integrations have been complex but were overcome through the close working relationship between Compsoft and Bluesulphur.” 

Managing Director for both Compsoft and Bluesulphur, Phil Lenton, has enjoyed overcoming the challenges faced in providing the right design team and the required technical expertise to ensure a successful outcome. “This was the first joint project for Compsoft and its newly-created Design House, Bluesulphur” said Lenton, “and I’m thrilled that already we have seen how well the combination of technical and design expertise works. By having two disciplines that historically have been diametrically opposed to each other working together so closely, we have helped VuYou create something really special.”

Now live, the website, VuYou.com, has seen massive take-up with thousands of hits in its first few days with many users creating user accounts to take advantage of sending free email messages to their friends and recording blogs.

If you would like to talk to Compsoft about its development services, please contact us.

For more information, view the VuYou Case Study (PDF).