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Subject: The new YouTube layout is awful

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Posted by: Garrux
Posted by: RdOG1507
I'm not talking about the Flood. Just go to this website called Youtube.com, and look at the comments on various videos. I don't see any positive comments.
People are more inclined to voice disapproval for a change than approval. Also, YouTube comments are hardly qualified to be used a statistical data. Just saying.

You really don't know if the majority of people like it or not.

Oh I guess I should check the Official Youtube Review site. Wait, I don't think that exists. Then maybe I should go to some internet reviewer and see his opinion. Oh wait, that's only one person.

I don't care - the actual Youtube site seems like a pretty good place to see what people think, although you're right - there won't be a lot of positive comments because those aren't usually voiced.

  • 12.06.2012 8:19 PM PDT

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"I once knew a man who spent his entire life contemplating where we go after our death....it's a shame he realized it a second too late to tell anyone."

Usually the updates don't bother me, but yeah, this layout is just plain awful.

  • 12.06.2012 8:20 PM PDT

I remember seeing this update a couple of months ago for like a week. The only problem I had was that I couldn't see all the videos posted by my subscriptions. And also videos that were uploaded weren't in chronological order. I don't know if they've fixed those 2 problems yet.

But I hate all these recommendations. As long as I can see all videos uploaded by my subscriptions in that given day then I'm fine.

Last thing I don't like is that the homepage is now full of a bunch of past videos in stead of the new stuff that gets posted. Whats the point of putting the past videos from like 5 days ago in the homepage feed?

[Edited on 12.06.2012 8:28 PM PST]

  • 12.06.2012 8:27 PM PDT

I am a monument to all your sins

I'll get used to it.

  • 12.06.2012 8:41 PM PDT
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Eh, I don't mind it. You'll get used to it.

  • 12.06.2012 8:45 PM PDT

"No one thought up being;
he who thinks he has
Step forward"

- Jim Morrison

I like it. I liked the previous change, and the previous change, and the previous change...

I just like it.

  • 12.06.2012 8:48 PM PDT

Here's a video that goes more in-depth on the changes

  • 12.06.2012 8:49 PM PDT

I -blam!-ING HATE IT!!!1!ONE!1

  • 12.06.2012 9:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: Bungie Sam
You'll get used to it.

"I won't. This is terrible."

You'll get used to it.

  • 12.06.2012 9:00 PM PDT

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I think it's disgraceful that they'd change a layout that was actually working RATHER WELL to something totally unusable and off-putting.

Having a high-resolution monitor only makes matters worse. WHO THE HELL makes a web page display on the left of a screen instead of the middle?! I have half a blank monitor on the right when I load the damn site up. What the actual hell, Google?!

  • 12.06.2012 9:04 PM PDT
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I don't need no stinking signature!

I could deal with it if not for three things:

Everything is crammed to the left side, i have to set it at 125% size to make the video part centered and not have a big patch of white.

Subscribtion uploads, channel feed and recommended videos are all in the same list, with no ability to sort them without going to a totally different page, while recommended channels are highlighted.

The goddamn comments section is a mess, having the name and date right above with no space just makes it awkward to read, and the likes bar and upvote numbers are tiny.

  • 12.06.2012 9:12 PM PDT

I know my ways. So just stay back.

What has Google done to Youtube!?

  • 12.06.2012 9:12 PM PDT

The world is not beautiful: And that, in a way, lends it a sort of beauty.

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I don't get why they insist on "fixing" things that aren't broken.

  • 12.06.2012 9:15 PM PDT
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I think it's fine. Google has never really impressed me with their user interfaces anyway.

  • 12.06.2012 9:16 PM PDT

From up here the city lights burn like a thousand miles of fire

first of all, youtube shouldnt change the layout as often as they do second, they should have done more testing on their new update rather than surprising us all with it, and third they should keep google+ OUT of youtube

[Edited on 12.06.2012 9:22 PM PST]

  • 12.06.2012 9:17 PM PDT

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Holy crap... it's so.... Empty.

And... left.

Half of my damn monitor is BLANK!



Looks like they're making yet ANOTHER formerly awesome google product look like G+... which is ugly as hell.

[Edited on 12.06.2012 9:19 PM PST]

  • 12.06.2012 9:18 PM PDT

If you have some free time and don't mind, please check out my Youtube channel, and maybe subscribe? I'd appreciate it.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DreamOfGaming

This is the first time I really dislike the Youtube Layout change.

I don't like how everyone is going for that Windows 8/Metro look, it looks nice some places, but not in most.

  • 12.06.2012 9:27 PM PDT


Posted by: Dualkiller9000
first of all, youtube shouldnt change the layout as often as they do second, they should have done more testing on their new update rather than surprising us all with it, and third they should keep google+ OUT of youtube


They did do testing. This layout was up for like a day or two in september. It was WAY worse back in september, they fixed it up a lot.

  • 12.06.2012 10:57 PM PDT
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Better Watch Page at least makes watching videos pleasant (well maybe not at the moment but it'll receive an update which will neutralize new YT's diabolical changes).

For the homepage, I can only suggest the following:

1. use an element blocker to hide most of the page

2. I use YouTube Top Menu Mod so I can have some quick links to subscriptions, videos, etc. You can tweak it so it has more things.

The Result

[Edited on 12.06.2012 11:42 PM PST]

  • 12.06.2012 11:37 PM PDT
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don't like it. :/

  • 12.06.2012 11:39 PM PDT

GOAT

Wait a minute...

  • 12.06.2012 11:42 PM PDT

Wow, I just checked YouTube's homepage and the entire right half of it is solid white. I'm normally not someone who cares about site changes but this is hideous.

[Edited on 12.06.2012 11:49 PM PST]

  • 12.06.2012 11:48 PM PDT

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Yeah it's really bad!

  • 12.06.2012 11:53 PM PDT
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The need to change the sidebar back to related videos instead of recommended videos. That was seriously the dumbest change to any website that I can recall.

  • 12.07.2012 12:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: ThirstyAvenge
Eh, I don't mind it. You'll get used to it.

  • 12.07.2012 12:07 AM PDT