New Look YouTube is More Web 2.0ish
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YouTube's daddy (Google) shoved a fistful of cash into the streaming video service's pocket and told it to get a haircut. But why stop there? Google's bank account is plenty big enough to fund a full makeover, and that's exactly what YouTube got. The new look starts with a brand new homepage, and continues with a Channel. design and fresh coat of digital paint.
The homepage doesn't just look different, it's redesigned in a way that supposed to "help you get more into YouTube." A customizable sidebar on the left side lets you add Channels and also integrates with Facebook and Google Plus.
Google also updated the Channels themselves and created new templates "to meet your needs whether you produce one video a week or have thousands of videos for a fan to browse." On top of it all is a new color scheme that's an evolved version of YouTube's experimental Cosmic Panda design introduced in July. Thumbnails are bigger and sit on a gray background, the the watch page is more streamlined.
Go give it a peek and tell us what you think in the comments section below.
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livebriand
December 02, 2011 at 10:26pm
It would be nice if the interface could adjust its' size proportionally so it fit the window size. Granted, on a 1280x1024 monitor this isn't too bad, it seems to be adjusted to 1024 width, but if you have, say, a 1600x900 one or bigger it could certainly be annoying.
GrimResistance
December 02, 2011 at 7:29pm
While I do like the new Youtube layout, I think google needs to shift its focus back to having a simple, intuitive interface (KISS) because with every update they have things just seem to get more cluttered and more difficult to use. I'm talking mostly about having unlabeled buttons in gmail and the moving of the top menu buttons in google search being moved to the hover-to-see-the-buttons sidebar. I'd rather have a cleaner, easier/quicker to use interface than some shiny buttons. I'm a big fan of form follows function.
holeydood3
December 02, 2011 at 4:38pm
Is there any reason it leaves half of my screen blank and just fills the center 50% with a column of content? (Firefox 8.0). If this is on purpose, it seems like a complete waste of space to me :/
macncapn
December 04, 2011 at 6:50pm
new layout doesnt work for me in opera, clicking side tabs does nothing. ie. change is completely worthless for me.
edit: got it to work by masking the browser on youtube as internet explorer. opera>settings>quickpreferences>edit site preferences>network>mask as internet explorer
B_H
December 02, 2011 at 9:25am
I honestly like it. The less I have to tunnel through links to perform an action --> the more I like. Don't like something? The send feedback button lets you highlight a piece of the page and fill out a comment box to send them a piece of your mind. That's pretty cool in my book.
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