{"id":209660,"date":"2010-01-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5453937"},"modified":"2010-01-21T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T19:00:00","slug":"youtube-redesign-cuts-the-chaff-keeps-the-ads-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/209660","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Redesign Cuts the Chaff, Keeps the Ads [YouTube]"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>You may have already noticed YouTube looking a little different this week, but now it’s official: the site’s undergone a major redesign that aims to clear out the clutter.<\/p>\n

YouTube’s new pared-down look is opt-in at the moment, and up and running internationally. It’s a little spartan, but it does make it easier to focus on the video you’re watching—and the advertisements packaged with it. Gone is the five-star rating system, replaced with a gladiatorian thumbs up or down. Information about each clip’s creator is tucked under the video, while you can view a list of their other offerings and choose to subscribe above it. Actions like sharing, saving, and flagging a video have been reduced to buttons, and you can search while continuing to watch whatever’s on your current page.<\/p>\n

On the right-hand side of the screen, the “Next UP” box now incorporates the search that brought you there and takes into account your subscriptions, instead of the previous one-video experience.<\/p>\n

According to YouTube, the move was made to simplify the user experience and to create a video page that could accommodate a wide range of genres. This is good! What would be better—and what’s coming eventually but not available now—is the ability to to customize your viewing page, using this design as a foundation.<\/p>\n

One thing that’s not going anywhere are the number and placement of ads. That’s understandable—it’s a business, after all—but I do wonder, if they were taking such a big axe to the design elements of the page, if there may have been a little room to cut those down as well.<\/p>\n

It sounds as though there’s still room for change, as YouTube monitors and measures user response over the next couple of weeks. But overall, it’s a good clean look for all your Muppet music video needs<\/a>. [YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n



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