Comments on: Are the designers at YouTube on drugs?

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:05:53 +0000

It looks like something churned out by someone barely 2 weeks into Photoshop.

“OOH! FILTERS! BEVELS! GRADIENTS! COOL!”

By: The Devil’s Muse » Blog Archive » YouTube’s new player UI sucks

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:55:48 +0000

[...] Linky. (With beautifully illustrative before-after shots to drive home the suckage) [...]

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:14:59 +0000

Ugly all around, but I especially hate the red. And why? Like anyone needs a huge bright red bar to tell them that the video they’re watching is progressing. It’s like the controls have become more important than the videos. So ugly I don’t think I can watch youtube anymore.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:46:47 +0000

Your last picture is already obsolete. They have a volume control now, as well as a counter. But I agree: it is ugly and a step backward. It’s too big. The stop button should not be the same size as play/pause. Instead of a square for stop they use some sort of rewind icon or something. The moving circle overlaps the end of the playback track so you think you’re at the end when you’re not. The playback track is shorter, so you have less fine control. And, it’s red. Red! Which is a massive distraction. The red counter is hard to read. Why is it red, what a stupid choice. But those icons (that no one ever uses) animate when you hover over them! Ooooooo (sarcasm)

By: Florian

Florian — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:04:23 +0000

mmh, I think they have the money to test the different interfaces, and I think they do test.

I guess from a usability point of wiev the newest one is the best one, the have now grown beyond their first audience ( tech savy ) and have to cope with the limitations of the simple user.

Which means:
– big simple elements are good
– ugly may be good if it’s big and simple

By: bruce

bruce — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:34:28 +0000

Actually… it’s a complete downgrade. They even *removed* the volume control and put the old ‘mute’ button back in.

Idiots.

By: bruce

bruce — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:30:35 +0000

YES!!! TRUE!!!

This is a really bad ‘upgrade’. Some Flash designers need to be slapped.