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Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:03 PM
To try out the new look, click here (http://youtube.com/watch5?enable=1&next_url=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjqxENMKaeCU)

http://thenextweb.com/apps/files/2010/02/Picture-101.png
Harry!
06-03-2010, 02:05 PM
Hate it prefer the old look. I miss the old YT how it used to be :(
King Gizzard
06-03-2010, 02:05 PM
why the fck do they keep fixing things that arent broke!!
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:06 PM
I like it, you can queue up videos to watch whilst still watching the current one
Tom4784
06-03-2010, 02:08 PM
I despise it, If I wanna favourite videos I gotta go onto the profile page to do it sicne the new layout doesn't work for me. There should be an option to use the old layout.
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:14 PM
It always makes me laugh a little when Facebook or Youtube change, it's like "Whats wrong with the old one?" Well, things have to change or else we'd still be using interfaces like;

http://www.labnol.org/assets/images/YouTubeGivesOptiontoDisableRelatedVideos_E2D7/newyoutube.jpg

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00016/Facebook_16467s.jpg

Things gotta change
Tom4784
06-03-2010, 02:19 PM
It always makes me laugh a little when Facebook or Youtube change, it's like "Whats wrong with the old one?" Well, things have to change or else we'd still be using interfaces like;

http://www.labnol.org/assets/images/YouTubeGivesOptiontoDisableRelatedVideos_E2D7/newyoutube.jpg

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00016/Facebook_16467s.jpg

Things gotta change

True but these new features and layouts don't work. They don't improve anything. Most people complain about facebook because they don't like change although most changes are for the better. I don't like the YT change because it doesn't work well for me and it's been done to implement features I don't need or want. The old layout was simple and effective, they've tried to fix something that wasn't broken it and dismantled in the progress.
andybigbro
06-03-2010, 02:20 PM
Why do you have screen caps of the onld ones :S lol
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:22 PM
True but these new features and layouts don't work. They don't improve anything. Most people complain about facebook because they don't like change although most changes are for the better. I don't like the YT change because it doesn't work well for me and it's been done to implement features I don't need or want. The old layout was simple and effective, they've tried to fix something that wasn't broken it and dismantled in the progress.

There are some good new features, such as being able to search whilst still watching videos and the Like/Dislike thing is pretty good (though it should have a visualisation saying how many likes/dislikes it got) at the moment it is still BETA I gather, as I can still click the "Old Youtube" button to go back
Ross
06-03-2010, 02:23 PM
Mine hasn't changed lol.
BB_Eye
06-03-2010, 02:23 PM
I used the link, but it just reverts back to the old YouTube when I open the home page again. :confused:

Edit: Oops! False alarm, it works.
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:23 PM
Why do you have screen caps of the onld ones :S lol
To show thats what Youtube and Facebook would be like if they never changed
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:25 PM
I used the link, but it just reverts back to the old YouTube when I open the home page again. :confused:

Are you sure its back to the old one? The home page is pretty much the same as the old one, as are the channels
Tom4784
06-03-2010, 02:33 PM
There are some good new features, such as being able to search whilst still watching videos and the Like/Dislike thing is pretty good (though it should have a visualisation saying how many likes/dislikes it got) at the moment it is still BETA I gather, as I can still click the "Old Youtube" button to go back

Yeah but for me I don't care about those features, they could have implemented them with the old layout. It's annoying me majorly as it changed automatically and it's not letting me go back.
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:34 PM
Yeah but for me I don't care about those features, they could have implemented them with the old layout. It's annoying me majorly as it changed automatically and it's not letting me go back.

That's weird :s I can see why that would be annoying, one thing I am not too keen on with this new layout is it looks kind of bland now
King Gizzard
06-03-2010, 02:35 PM
that YT one you posted was a great layout, loved it. did everything you needed it too
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:37 PM
that YT one you posted was a great layout, loved it. did everything you needed it too
Apart from there was no HD support, the High Quality view was just a same size player with slightly better quality :p
BB_Eye
06-03-2010, 02:41 PM
that YT one you posted was a great layout, loved it. did everything you needed it too

Yes, I'm glad they made it so easy to turn off autoplay. My only complaint is that if they update YouTube this often, it'll only make it more difficult for them to iron out bugs.
Tom4784
06-03-2010, 02:41 PM
Apart from there was no HD support, the High Quality view was just a same size player with slightly better quality :p

HD is overrated though, I don't really need HD footage of a cat playing a keyboard :joker: They could have kept the old layout and just implment the chages around it as nothing that I use works at the moment.
Harry!
06-03-2010, 02:43 PM
To be fair this is what the forum looked like near when it started

http://i46.tinypic.com/2rp6ue0.png
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:43 PM
HD is overrated though, I don't really need HD footage of a cat playing a keyboard :joker: They could have kept the old layout and just implment the chages around it as nothing that I use works at the moment.

Yeah, but dont you wanna watch trailers for films in HD? :p
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:44 PM
to be fair this is what the forum looked like near when it started

http://i46.tinypic.com/2rp6ue0.png

lol
Tom4784
06-03-2010, 02:48 PM
Yeah, but dont you wanna watch trailers for films in HD? :p

I'm not fussed as long as the quality's not horrific. Streaming HD doesn't work well on my computer anyway. SD all the way :dance:
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:51 PM
I'm not fussed as long as the quality's not horrific. Streaming HD doesn't work well on my computer anyway. SD all the way :dance:
Still the Widescreen players are better than the tiny ones

but the new Youtube does need colour, and the related videos box needs tidying
Tom4784
06-03-2010, 02:53 PM
Still the Widescreen players are better than the tiny ones

but the new Youtube does need colour, and the related videos box needs tidying

If they just had a favourite button my main bugbear with it would be gone since the save to menu never loads for me so I gotta end up going through the profile page to save something. Widescreen players were available on the old layout, you could turn them on and off.
Scarlett.
06-03-2010, 02:54 PM
If they just had a favourite button my main bugbear with it would be gone since the save to menu never loads for me so I gotta end up going through the profile page to save something. Widescreen players were available on the old layout, you could turn them on and off.
Aye, there needs to be buttons still, I agree

and I know, the original comment you quoted was going on about the picture of the 2006 era Youtube :p