Comment on YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design

reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “you can no longer hover on the volume slider and scroll or even use the up/down keys to adjust the audio”

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  • reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That, for sure, is one of the most garbage changes imaginable.

    Someone conciously had to go out of their way to remove functionality there.

    Maybe there’s a reason for it, but I still think it’s a shit change.

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    • Swuden@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Speaking as a software dev, that’s probably not the case. They probably started completely from scratch and so the inclusion of features depends on reimplementing them on the new platform. It could be as simple as not being ready yet or maybe stats show them that so few people use the feature that they don’t find it worth reimplementing it.

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      • reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not a software dev, but that’s what I was thinking when I said maybe there’s a reason for it. I still feel like it’s a shit change, but that’s because I use the function.

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  • ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You could do thay before?

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• Scolding7300@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The article has pics if you want a preview

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  • SeekPie@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    56179

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    • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Seems fine.

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      • dizzy@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Looks fine, bahaves poorly

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As long as I can still use the J/K/L keys to play/pause and scrub, I see no issues here. People bitching just to bitch.

      That said, I do not enjoy the “everything is bigger” view on YouTube’s home page. But that can be fixed easily, so it’s a non-issue.

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    • Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Looks like UI from like 2005 lol.

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      • ZiemekZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No it doesn’t, not enough gradients

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    • aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s wrong with it?

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  • brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It looks quite nice actually

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  • reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks, but it won’t really affect me. I only use Freetube when I want to access Youtube

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    • CassiniWarden@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I use Freetube, but it’s currently not playing any videos for me.

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      • reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Always use the up-to-date version.

        Whenever there’s consistent playback issues there’s usually an update on the horizon. Just have be patient.

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• Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The only legitimate complaint I have is I use a 4k monitor at 150% scaling. YouTube, in its design genius, decided that it should show me three videos per row, at like half the screen.

  Thankfully with Google I was able to find something that helps

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  • r4venw@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honestly thank you for posting that link. I thought i had gone crazy thinking that i had only now just noticed the shit UX of 3 videos per row

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