New Video Page Look on YouTube

pokeplayer984 · **on:** March 31, 2010, 08:21:51 PM

YouTube has completed it's latest update. For this one, when you go to the page to watch a video, you'll notice quite a few differences.

Here, let me just show you with a sample video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgJhVgK0tPI

Seriously, what do you guys think?

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2010, 08:27:54 PM

It's too complex for non computer people, but I don't really mind. I gotta say though, I preferred the old system much more. It's annoying having to click things in order to get the same amount of information that you could get before at a glance. I mean, what's so great about not having to scroll through the video sidebar? That's pretty much all that's been gained here. The stats are better, but they could have easily just added that.

I dunno. I've never been a fan of Youtube. It seems to get worse with each passing day.

Belmont2500 · **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2010, 08:35:13 PM

I prefered the old look better.

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2010, 09:00:42 PM

Okay, here are my biggest complaints.

1. I liked the scrolling of the videos more.

2. I liked there being the classic 5-star rating.

3. I prefer the reply box being down at the bottom.

Other than that, the changes are okay. One big change I noticed is when you click on the drop arrow right next to the number of views of the video, you get to see the stats of the video. You actually get to see how long it took to get as popular as it did and how fast.

Still, I preferred the old look more. They could have just added in the last few things and I would've been okay with it.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2010, 09:01:06 PM

I liked the old look better. I like how you can hide comments, which is what I preferred doing, but now I can't do that.

Waluigifan · **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2010, 09:05:01 PM

I don't like the changes on YouTube... the old channel design was better, and the old video page was better...

I think that most people will complain about the new style... it looks way too sterile.

Kor · **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2010, 09:49:07 PM

I prefer the old way though they do seem to enjoy changing the way the page looks pretty often so I suspect they'll change pretty soon again.

2007excalibur2007 · **Reply #7 on:** April 01, 2010, 04:48:13 AM

3 words:

I. HATE. IT.

Enough said. YouTube better bring the old design back, or I'm gonna have to go to their HQ and plant a C4 explosive inside their office.

Jychara · **Reply #8 on:** April 01, 2010, 04:51:31 AM

Quote from: 2007excalibur2007,Apr 1 2010 on 11:48 AM

3 words:

I. HATE. IT.

Enough said. YouTube better bring the old design back, or I'm gonna have to go to their HQ and plant a C4 explosive inside their office.

Yeah,it sucks...The old one was really better then it

Mumbling · **Reply #9 on:** April 01, 2010, 07:07:50 AM

First of april la la la

Lillefot · **Reply #10 on:** April 01, 2010, 07:13:33 AM

I admit, the new look does not approve for my liking.
But as Iris's said, it's a special day today.

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2007excalibur2007 · **Reply #11 on:** April 01, 2010, 08:09:01 AM

Quote from: Mumbling,Apr 1 2010 on 06:07 PM

First of april la la la

Uhuh. Sure. *tries to play along*

Although, TextP is definitely YouTube's April Fools joke for this year. I doubt the new design is too. But seeing that it pisses most people off...

...oh. That figures.

Mumbling · **Reply #12 on:** April 01, 2010, 08:24:37 AM

Yea. I actually like TextP though

Looks pretty awesome I'd say

Dunno about the new layout. It was already there about a month ago if you wanted to reply to comments you got ( if you clicked the link in an email)

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #13 on:** April 01, 2010, 10:26:37 AM

Another part of their prank is the faded logo.

:

Yeah, nice joke there, YouTube.

Daddytops2009 · **Reply #14 on:** April 01, 2010, 06:52:47 PM

It's the dead of Youtube!

Clawandfang · **Reply #15 on:** April 01, 2010, 08:22:52 PM

Quote from: pokeplayer984,Apr 1 2010 on 02:00 AM

2. I liked there being the classic 5-star rating.

That really didn't work though: the vast majority of videos I saw were either five stars (mostly) or one star.

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2010, 10:59:34 AM

Oh, and another thing I forgot to add.

It's the "History" link. Such a thing is now only accessible through the "My Videos" link in the drop-down of your name. To be honest, I liked it being on the front more.

Seriously YouTube, this is just worse. -_-

DarkHououmon · **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2010, 11:08:20 AM

Quote from: Clawandfang,Apr 1 2010 on 08:22 PM

Quote from: pokeplayer984,Apr 1 2010 on 02:00 AM
2. I liked there being the classic 5-star rating.
That really didn't work though: the vast majority of videos I saw were either five stars (mostly) or one star.

How didn't the 5-star rating worked? Personally I think that method was better than the current method; now I have to rate the video if I "liked it" or "didn't like it" just to see how well liked the video is. Not only is this inconvenient in my opinion, it's also much less descriptive. A 5-star rating, in my opinion, worked better than a simple "liked it" or "didn't like it" because it offered some "middle ground". Perhaps someone didn't like the video but didn't outright hate it, they could have chosen a 2-star rating instead of a 1-star. Perhaps someone liked the video, but not that much. They could pick a 4-star rating. And what if someone felt the video was a little good but not very bad? They could have chosen a 3-star rating. The new rating system now severely limits how a person can rate the video. They are no longer given much of an option, just a "liked" or "didn't like". That doesn't say much about the video.

Waluigifan · **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2010, 11:40:18 AM

I can't believe it... I thought it was an April Fool's joke...

YouTube HAVE to change it back, there's no other way! I think YouTube will get hundreds of thousands complains...
Most of my videos have a 3-Star-Ranking, and now? I think that most people would rate "didn't like", if they would rate a video of mine 3 stars out of 5 (there's an error, by the way. I can rate my own videos. Grrrreat... *facepalm*). Then my videos will go down the tubes.

One of my most popular videos had a 3-Star-Ranking, and now, with the new system:
Ratings for this video (355 total)
Number of likes 163
Number of dislikes 192

So most people dislikes the video, and then this video will damage my reputation on YouTube, because most people will think: "Oh, most people dislikes this video... well, then I dislike it, too."

-.- I hate it, I hate it!!

Clawandfang · **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2010, 11:51:16 AM

Quote from: DarkHououmon,Apr 2 2010 on 04:08 PM

Quote from: Clawandfang,Apr 1 2010 on 08:22 PM

Quote from: pokeplayer984,Apr 1 2010 on 02:00 AM
2. I liked there being the classic 5-star rating.
That really didn't work though: the vast majority of videos I saw were either five stars (mostly) or one star.
How didn't the 5-star rating worked? Personally I think that method was better than the current method; now I have to rate the video if I "liked it" or "didn't like it" just to see how well liked the video is. Not only is this inconvenient in my opinion, it's also much less descriptive. A 5-star rating, in my opinion, worked better than a simple "liked it" or "didn't like it" because it offered some "middle ground". Perhaps someone didn't like the video but didn't outright hate it, they could have chosen a 2-star rating instead of a 1-star. Perhaps someone liked the video, but not that much. They could pick a 4-star rating. And what if someone felt the video was a little good but not very bad? They could have chosen a 3-star rating. The new rating system now severely limits how a person can rate the video. They are no longer given much of an option, just a "liked" or "didn't like". That doesn't say much about the video.

It didn't work because your average person doesn't honestly rate every video, they generally either think "meh" and not even bother rating or "Yes! Five Stars!". The YouTube blog went into this in a little more detail, but it basically summed up that the vast majority of videos on YouTube are five stars. Thus, telling how popular a video was was a matter of seeing how many votes went into getting that five star rating, a workaround which they've essentially just taken and made standard.