Filed under: Design, Video, Google
YouTube getting a redesign, sunglasses needed
YouTube will incorporate user feedback into the changes throughout the site. That's something that a lot of companies neglect to take into account when undertaking website changes. Over the next few months new additions will be rolled out, and will include improved categories, dropdown menus to get to where you want faster, and a new look and feel for tabs and video browsing pages.
All that new red seems a little too distracting for us, and the dropdowns can be a little distracting, but it does seem quicker to get around the redesign.
A preview of what YouTube will roll out is available live here. What are your thoughts on the redesign?
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robotrock said 6:49PM on 10-26-2007
When are they going to start offering higher quality videos?
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Josh said 8:19PM on 10-26-2007
Thank god for Greasemonkey which will reverse the hideous changes. The red will take away from the videos. YouTube needs to take some point from the deviantART design squad. They keep everything solid with no bright colors so that we can keep our eyes on what is important - the art. Google is just taking away from the YouTube experience with this one.
And I second the higher quality videos. You can't watch videos on YouTube fullscreen most of the time due to quality issues. =\ They need to upgrade their max resolution and seriously upgrade the max video size. I'm sure Google wouldn't even notice the server hit if video sizes doubled and neither would most users. Yes, we would be leaving dial-up and slow DSL users in the past but seriously, how are we ever supposed to advance to the point of Finland or Japan or Sweden when we still have users using 56K? Services need to stop catering to these and improve the user experience of the majority.
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michael said 8:38PM on 10-26-2007
Ever since Google bought YouTube, I wasn't really happy with the results.
It seemed more bad things came out than good things.
As far as I still know, videos are still low-res and awful, the site itself still looks awful (but with a slight touch-up), and more videos get banned and users get banned every day over the dumbest things. That's YouTube for you.
Unfortunately, most average users don't care, and continue to use it. The only thing that still keeps me tied to YouTube is the tons of user content that's been established there for years.
I find these 3 other video sites give online user videos justice:
Brightcove : http://www.brightcove.com/
MSN Video : http://video.msn.com/
Viddler : http://www.viddler.com/
These 3 sites give much more higher-res videos, a better site to work on, better ease of use, more tools to work when viewing videos, and a ton more things than YouTube has.
Just keeping people's options open...
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christen said 8:47PM on 10-26-2007
youtube is not like when it started.. now everyone just wants a deal!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2290046
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Eric said 9:44PM on 10-26-2007
Google Video allows people to download (most) videos easily.
Google owns YouTube.
YouTube does not have a download option.
Why?
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Mysterius said 12:02AM on 10-27-2007
For all the Google bashers... Didn't Google promise a high degree of autonomy for YouTube?
If you don't like what's been done (or rather, not done), blame the people who are actually doing (or not) things...
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Maverick said 5:25AM on 10-27-2007
Looking at the revamped site it looks nice, but i personally like the darker look as opposed to the all white and blue, it just hurts! But no matter what it looks like, YouTube will always be the place to watch crappy quality videos!
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JerryChance said 3:13PM on 10-27-2007
I still think You Tube is excellent.
Want a laugh? Click onto this -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAiJGQeuHOE
Good entertainment at the click of a mouse!!
Love, Light and Peace
JC
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Big John said 4:42PM on 10-28-2007
I don't get the complaints. Ohhh, small red bar. Can't have that now! I don't get the sunglasses comment at all. It's not like they went yellow and neon orange.
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stefano said 11:48AM on 10-30-2007
They should have upgraded the sound to stereo and have better quality videos.
http://www.webyaa.com/category/video
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matilda2007 said 1:48AM on 11-03-2007
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Product page: youtuberobot.com
Direct download link: youtuberobot.com/download/utuberobot.exe
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