@Ozh I too am bothered about not being able to skip forward and backward but i think IE8 offers a certain amount of support in this area if that helps you. One video I was watching on firefox wouldnt skip forward or back at all but the same video played on IE worked fine. However I am trying a longer one (1.5hrs) and it only allows me to move the cursor once ( which is better than nothing ) ... but i wonder will it work better when the entire video is loaded

in general the fast forward rewind capability of online video players is pretty low IMO