Vimeo just announced a new way to view your videos - Couch Mode. The interface is optimized for Google TV and intended, as the name obviously implies, for sitting back and partaking in videos from the couch. The playback is constant and videos full the browser. The execution is pretty sharp and I can absolutely see this being a great way to partake in my Watch Later videos.

The only problem? I don't have a Google TV and Safari can only get so close to being a fullscreen experience. This new mode via a browser is just shy of feeling like a familiar TV experience. Enter: Plainview from the Barbarian group. A webkit based application that allows you to browse entirely fullscreen. It is the perfect companion to this new Couch Mode and I recommend everyone couple the two together.

All and all, pretty curious to try this out at home.. Heads up on Plainview via Daniel.

Update: As commenter Ian points out: 1) I am an idiot and 2) Chrome already has fullscreen browsing. So, if you're going to use Vimeo Couch Mode, do so in Chrome. Doi.