So what's new?
- Speed improvements - there were some reports of channels running a little sluggishly in a few cases. Let us know if you notice a difference. We might have a few other tweaks to play with here, too.
- Fixed the bug where scrollbars would sometimes break when an ad appeared
- The search box is now visible within the uploads section, no matter your background color
- URLs are now autolinked in the video description (and still coming for all channel descriptions)
- Lots and lots of other bugfixes
- Transparency - yes, we've sorted through a few of the stickier issues, and we now expect to offer transparency options before we move all remaining accounts over to new channels
- Custom ordering of uploads & your list of playlists
- Letting you default to either player view or grid view
- In-line branding options for partners (no need to go off to a separate page)
- IE 8.0 bugfixes - some things look a little strange right now in IE8
- Full screen controls
- Showing the upload date in the video "info" area
- Showing the video length in the thumbnail
- Other assorted bugfixes, many found thanks to your reports
- And more...
-Brian
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I think the "Custom ordering of uploads & your list of playlists" would be useful for the list of subscribers, suscriptions, friends, etc. as well...I would prefer to be able to choose which 10 or so subscriptions of mine are being displayed on my profile.
ReplyDeleteTransparency will definitely be an awesome effect! :D
I would love transparency, but anyways, the channel seems to lag/slow down all the other sites I'm on =/
ReplyDeleteAnd, can't we have an option of the style we want our Youtube pages to look? Because some people don't like the beta look and it would be a bit unfair. Though life is unfair, why keep it that way?
I know the chances of this being implemented is limited. The main problem with the new design is that it limits the amount that people can display on their channel now. I personally used the organize videos to display the videos I want people to see in my favorites and videos section. That gives me 18 display slots plus 2 for the vlog.
ReplyDeleteI think to resolve this issue you should do a version of the channel that combines the grid view and the player view. Have the player above the grid and then have a two row 3 column grid of videos and separate two row 3 column grid for favorites with scroll bars or paging.
To me the only real improvement over the old channel is the ability to show ads on your channel.
You guys have the stats on this but it seem to me that people are more likely to click on a ad on the view page and by making the channel the central focus people are less likely to click on ad because it so much else going on on the page now.
the featured video module does not show up in my new channel. i've tried everything and there are no options for it or to reset. without the main video module the new channel is useless
ReplyDeleteAlso, you are going to let up customized how many rows of friends, subscriptions, subscribers on your channels. You should let up organized those people like videos. When she be able to set our Top friends and subscription because I use my channel as a index page for the people I like to check on. You should do especially since you did Realtime. Ok Hyperwire already said what I said. LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, if you have our list of favorites then you should give us the ability to search our favorites just like videos. You guys let us add hundreds of favorites but don't let us search them. Does that really make sense?
ReplyDeleteIs it true that video views from the featured channel video don't count towards the video's views? I saw someone complaining about that. it really would not make sense if that was the case.
ReplyDeletehyperwires - yeah, being able to pick your top subscribers, subscriptions, etc would be really cool. It's on our list, but probably a little further out.
ReplyDeletehardlynormal - what's your channel name? Sounds like a bug.
DebonairUrbane - Yeah, being able to search your favorites would be cool. Thanks for the suggestion.
HotForWords - yeah, there was a bug where the views from the featured video didn't always count. It's now fixed.
PLEASE LET US KEEP THE OLD CHANNELS.
ReplyDeleteAlso, how about being able to middle click to open up the video in a new tab in Firefox?
ReplyDeleteI think YT seriously needs to listen to the community, and read the comments to the announcement post of the official YouTube blog. People are blacking out their channels, removing videos, and protesting, and many are planning to leave YouTube all together on the 15th when these new channels come into effect. And that's why the improvement I think needs to be made, is to make them optional. The majority want to keep their own channels, and I think it's YouTube's duty to not dissappoint them.
ReplyDeletewow, great round of updates and bugfixes guys, kudos. thanks a lot, it really feels faster to appear and start playing.
ReplyDeletethe dynamic resizing of the boxes is really annoying tho, maybe allow to keep a "blank" space for honnors and always scroll the comments atarting at a certain number of lines, no matter how many comments(cause people leave long comments sometimes, which again messes up the layout)
if the wrapper could disapear at least it would look nice(i guess it goes with transparency) but still an option for "none" for the wrapper would be really nice
happy 4th to you
I definitely think you guys should allow people to keep their old channel design if they wish.
ReplyDeleteMy channel page shows deleted playlist (it's under the playlist tab, of course). It's a bug? I guess so.
ReplyDeletewww.youtube.com/peculatorx
The featured video module doesn't show up for me either! Here's the link...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/cheechun
Please let me know if there is a fix / bug issue with this! Thank you :)
Delighted about Transparency option. Thanks.x
ReplyDeleteOne thing I've found kind of annoying, is if a video has no comments and you go to view them on your channel, the box is empty. That makes it look like it didn't load or something. You should just put "no comments" or something just to let the viewer know.
ReplyDeletefeatured video should be an option, not a must.
ReplyDeletealso a option to disable 'auto play' would be nice.
Dear Brian and team,
ReplyDeleteMore comments from using the old and new interfaces:
- Full screen controls - does this mean being able to right-click videos into new tabs?
- Please do not allow the featured video on user pages to auto-play, or allow us to disable this in our preferences - I often click on the user page while watching one of their videos, only to have an auto-play video create a mess. The sound has been turned off on ads, thank God, but why now allow videos, of all things, to autoplay??
- Also re preferences - when I click the preference for always having videos playback in "high quality", it will not stick. Even though I'm always on a high speed internet line, many videos still simply default to "normal" quality.
- Enable all playlists tagged as publicly viewable to show up on the playlists tab by default -- that's what that option is there for, and those of us with large numbers of playlists do not want to have to go through and re-check everything.
- Please *preserve the line breaks* in our video and playlist descriptions wherever they are displayed. The only time the line breaks are preserved now is when you click "more info" in the video description (but not i.e. when I'm viewing my "uploaded videos" in my account). In playlists, they are only preserved in the "Playlists" window of the old user page, but not on the description of the actual playlist when you open it up (!), or on the new user page at all.
- It would be a good idea to make the "leave comment" (or "send message") link more visible (i.e. like making it a button). Not everyone wants to leave public channel comments, and in the new version, there is no obvious "connect with so-and-so" box.
- There needs to be more module options for the lower section so we can balance the columns. (a Favorites box, an "about-me" box like on the partner channels, connect with the user, pictures, etc.)
Another option to consider:
Folders, ideally nesting folders, for our playlists and videos, so we can organize them - especially useful for those of us with hundred of videos and dozens of playlists.
I can't determine the order in which my video's are shown on my profile . If i go to 'edit channel', the 'organize video' button doesn't appear.
ReplyDeletePLEASE LET US KEEP THE OLD CHANNELS!!!
ReplyDeleteBrian,
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if this is directly related to the 2.0 version.
I've got a problem in the admin section of my channel - when I click on the postion number of a video in a playlist and type in a new number to reorder my videos, the function only works once. If I try to click on another number nothing happens. I have to refresh the page before the function will return.
This happens in Firefox 3.011 and IE 7 and 8.
youtube.com/paintinganddrawing
PS I've been tweaking the look of my channel, what do you think?
PPS Nice to hear that you're finally on top of the transparency issue!
ReplyDeletebrian glick, don't try to facebook-ize youtube.
ReplyDeletefacebook is facebook, and youtube is youtube.
the personal profiles, the online friends, and things to make youtube more like a social network are probably futile. you might prove me wrong though, but i'm sure that most of the users will still use youtube only for videos.
honestly the old channels were so much better.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to click the "take me back to the old channels thing" and it isn't working at all.
Why mess with a winning formula,the day the classic channels are gone,I'm gone too...You have alienated a lot of people with this forced Beta.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I can tell so far, this new format is for someone who wants to point at the channel and say, "What a nice, new clean- looking page," as opposed to actually watching any videos.
ReplyDeleteYou're selling us on how everything can be done from the channel page, when that's a disadvantage, not an advantage, because it takes longer and it's harder to find or do anything, except watch the featured channel video. I mean you still have to click the video title (twice if it's not the featured video) to see the comments, response and related videos, so how could you possibly tell us this is an improvement? An improvement for whom? It's called a spin, right?
I see hotforwords has expressed a number of concerns here and she should because I can almost promise that people aren't going to have the patience to navigate from her channel page to watch her older videos with this so-called upgrade. And she has independently produced a treasury of entertaining content. Don't forget: to see your ads, people have to able to see the videos.
I tested a partner's site with 50,000 subs. Some of the links just didn't work. When I tried to view all her uploads,the screenshots were overlapping. It was a mess.
Then I tried to watch one of Nalt's first videos starting from his channel and it took forever.
This design is not user-friendly or content-friendly, from a video viewer's point of view.
Just like it's always been literally impossible to read all the comments on a video with more than a few hundred (you knew that, right? When you click through a few numbered links at the bottom of the comments, it doesn't continue - it jumps to the first page of comments. You guys have shrugged this off when the comments function complements the videos so well. You're ignoring one of your strengths.),
it will now be very difficult to view all uploads, favorites, and playlists. Having all that crammed on one space on one page doesn't really get it because as I say, even if you think it looks better, you just can't get to the videos to watch them.
People come on here to watch videos, and videomakers want their videos seen.
I just took a survey: as of now, nobody on the front page of the all time most subscribed list has voluntarily switched over to the new format. Doesn't that tell you something? (You touted sexephil when even he has switched back to the older, better format.) Apparently all of them will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into this God-awful change by July 29th just like I will on July 15th.
I would go so far to say that anybody who really thinks about it, who cares about content, doesn't like it. At best, they're gritting their teeth to accept it.
The "hulu.com scare" didn't really happen, but you guys did this to us instead - I'm told to cut costs on pixels and bandwidth. YouTube will never be the same for anyone who has enjoyed it up to this point.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteWhen there's a description bigger than the box, and you want to use the scroll bar, the description doesn't scroll with it, I'm currently using IE7, can this be fixed?
@The Painting & Drawing Channel, I really like your channel, good job.
ginsenguy is spot on with his comment. It seems you guys are so interested in what can be done you haven't stopped and thought what should be done. I always want my sites to enhance my useage but this change is a step back, yes it does look really nice but it just isn't user friendly at all.
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm excited for the new changes! But here are a few changes that I'd like to see.
ReplyDelete1) A small link next to each video that will take you to the regular video page. Although it's cool that you don't have to load up a new webpage, I still would use this every now & then.
2) The ability to show ONLY a few of my latest uploads & a certain playlist in the ALL section. But keep all of my other playlists & other stuff available in the other sections.
Also, ignore all the haters of launch date. Just give it a week after the date & everyone will get used to it.
Excellent, that's just about everything I suggested... almost. I still think that the "Subscribe" and "+Friend" box could look a little nicer, and it'd be nice if we could either re-order our friends / subscriptions on display, or have the option to scroll through them all on the same page, rather than having to change pages. The ability to resize some boxes (eg, by showing 5 comments at a time instead of ten) would also be nice.
ReplyDeleteA feature I would like would be to be able to chose which of your subscribers and friends show up on your channel. I have some very high ranking subscribers that I would like to "showoff" instead of the ones I have right now (some are even deleted accounts that show up).
ReplyDeleteGood to hear about transparency, that's a really neccessary option to make a great Channel. What about "Video log" YouTube friends? You know, i like to show more than one player on my Channel, that choice lets us show other user's videos without taking our own feautured videos out, it's a kind of help, a way to say "i liked your video and i'd like to show it on my Channel as well" Think about it, i don't see any problem to include two little players on our new Channels.
ReplyDeletethe buttons (subscribe and friend) are big and really don't look nice, why don't just make it a link like it was in the connect box instead, at least the colors would match (cause yellow and blue is kind of meh)
ReplyDeletewhatever you do, do not remove tha autoplay and continuous lay it'S PRIMORDIAL (and if the uploads could be made to auto continue that would be even better)
as memyselfandpi said, ignore the haters and the crybabies, 1 week after launch they would all be quiet again (and we wil be rid of SO many spammes, youtube will be like new and clean)
overall fantastic job, and with the image maps, i can finally put my youtube channel as my home page now that its possible to link to all other sections of my real website from my youtube account(check it out, it went out pretty nice http://youtube.com/muzik4machines )
The #1 reason why I don't like the new beta channels is that a people who don't have a widescreen monitor can't see my channel background on the side. With the old design people can scroll down and see it below my favorites. The new boxes (which is WAY too twitter-like) take up too much EMPTY space and don't allow backgrounds to peak out.
ReplyDeleteI really like Beta. I'm convinced it's much more practical than the old one and easy-to-use. Great job! I just miss transparency and also adding Vlog would make it perfect. Hope you'll update soon.
ReplyDeletewww.youtube.com/user/andjeo1008
The "Remove Friend" Button isn't centered (text isn't centered with the button), can you fix this also?
ReplyDeleteplease let us keep our old youtube channels!
ReplyDelete1- To edit in the main page is good.
ReplyDelete2- To nor load another page to see videos is good.
3- To not have grid views and Vlog is not good.
4- To have a narrower Profil column is not good.
5- Channel info has a bug.
6- To force the new design is not fair.
This new dessign is faulty and unfair.
I don't understand what's so hard about giving people an option between the two types of channels. It seems these channels were designed just to imrprove the revenue of partners and reduce costs for YouTube, while that's a good business plan for YouTube, this, judging by the comments is likely to completely flop and make people go to other video streaming websites.
ReplyDeleteYoutube started mass video streaming on the website, but it seems that these new channels will allow another site to create something that almost replicates the current YouTube, and for everyone to move to that site, unless users aren't forced with the new channels.
In short, if users aren't given an option, you'll loose money.
I think you could come back some features like open each video in a new windows (or tab)
ReplyDeleteIn the new layout we couldn't !
it is show a "javascript:;` insted the link from youtube for open in a new tab
From this problem i leave the google videos that have the same problem.
please fix
1) Disable autoplay, especially when browsing a YT partner channel (option in settings ?). That's one of the most annoying things.
ReplyDelete2) Something that I haven't read anywhere... Please increase the max size of the background pictures. 256 Kb is ridiculous.
3) Let the choice for what to display first on channel. For example, I'd like to show "Uploads" with the "Grid View" on my channel instead of the video + list on the right.
4) Fix a bug : when someone sent us a Friend invite, it says "Add as a Friend" instead of "Approve Friend Invite" on his channel. Maybe it's because I use the French youtube version and it's a translation problem.
5) Let us move the blocks as we want.
6) Needs more info on the Grid View, such as rating & length.
7) Show the 3 thumbnails of a video when pointing it with the cursor.
=Non-channels=
8) What is the video limit in playlists ? I heard it is 200 but when embeding a playlist, the player can't play more than the 50 first ones.
9) PLEASE update the messaging system... For people who gets like 50 messages per day, it'd be useful to class them by author, date, and search among past messages.
You asked for what we need, now I hope you'll still hear comments, otherwise people will keep hating these 2.0 channels. I don't think you realize how much people hates them at the moment…
i dont think so, big talkers but little doers this bunch are, they talk a lot but they don't act, way to affraid to lose their all important view count to brag to their friends about, they are mostly lazy people who don't want to take time to design new backgrounds/make the channel cool, so many of us did, why can't they
ReplyDeleteand it looks like all the complainers are not aware of the My-Account page where they can see all their lame favorites/friends/subs without EVER going to their channel (i see my channels maybe once a month to see if everything is allright, every action on youtube is SUPPOSED to be carried from the My_acocunt page, those who keep telling they cant find their favorites on the page are the one who have yet to understand how to use the page made especially for that, the channel is for others to see your stuff, an for that the new one is WAY better than the old one, people can finally see all your uploads in on epage without having to leave the playing video
anyway, thanks brian, the add making the bottom of the uploads box diseapear is fixed too, it seems everything is almost ready :)
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ReplyDelete@ maxime, we partners choose autoplay, and we always did, and if they remove that, now i'll be pissed off
ReplyDeleteyou can have no autoplay if you want, but you certanely won't have it removed from us dude, its the main reason i became partner
the 256k think have been repeated over and over, maybe you should read the comments before posting lol
@Brian - I must say I am getting used to the new layout. I was hesitant at first, but I did the plunge and I think the layout looks great on my channel ( PCWizKid ). Thanks Youtube! Just dont take away anything else thats there already ;-)
ReplyDeleteCheers
So glad to hear that transparency will be available. I wasn't too concerned about it, but I will definitely use it.
ReplyDeleteAll I really still want is:
To be able to reorder and/or randomize friends and subscribers.
Be able to see the channel page as other users do. (Show the add friend and subscribe buttons rather than text saying where it is)
Then the new channel will be perfect for me.
Thanks so much, Brian and everyone else who is working on the channels!
youtube.com/ThirdHourTV
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ReplyDeleteBrian Can we choose if we want a scroll bar in our comments to make it more compressed. I loved that about the early beta.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the option to have the Uploads/Favorites/Playlists below the featured video, and to have the Profile box in the upper left, to look more like the current design?
ReplyDeleteIf the current design absolutely must go (which a lot of people are still much against), at least give users the ability to make the new one look as much like the current one as possible.
I would really like to have the ability to reorder my subscribers and friends. Kinda want to show of that iJustine subscribed to my channel lol. Yes im sad haha.
ReplyDeleteTo make it easier to reorder modules i would like to it be the YouTube homepage where you just drag and drop the modules. Makes things a lot easier.
Great job on the other hand!
http://www.youtube.com/user/mitch625
I can no longer scroll down my videos, favorites, and playlist.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/user/thedragonwilleatyou
hey my beta shuts down on me alot and its really annoying. it makes firefox crash could u fix this? also, transparency options :)
ReplyDelete@ Muzik 4 Machines: For all I know Brian's probably paying you to use the beta channels and say good things about it. But if he isn't, let me tell you two things: First, SO many users are protesting against the beta channel, that if you guys enforce it on all of us, YouTube will lose popularity. Second, OK, maybe mos people who hate the beta channel are spammers, but they're fighting for what they believe in! None of this would be going on if you would just keep the channels optional! We will leave, but it won't be good for YouTube AT ALL. If it ain't broken, DON'T FIX IT!!
ReplyDelete@japanlover, i wish anyone was paying me, im just some independant musician and have no relationship whatsoever with google or youtube, i'm just as passionnate a lover as you are being a hater :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, the new channels suck. They're ugly, annoying, sometimes slow, and just overall STUPID! If you don't want to loose a lot of users, I would make it optional.
ReplyDeleteI've tried to switch to the old one, but it won't let me. If these "improved" Beta channels are going to be mandatory, I'll take my business (and your money) elsewhere.
See, M4M, WE ALL HATE THEM!! And if that's the way you're gonna be, then we WILL leave. And YouTube will be deserted. Pricks.
ReplyDeleteI have a bug. I just started making playlist, the first one showed up on my beta channel but I have made two more and they wont show up on my channel the count says there is oly one. could you fix this as soon as possible? thank you in advance.
ReplyDeleteI hate it. This sucks and I hope you guys make it optional.
ReplyDeleteYou do realize that if you force the channels to change you'll lose a bunch of people from YouTube. YouTube is going to be empty if you don't make it an option.
The 2.0 channels are ugly and really unattractive.
Completely agreed with Isri and dusanmandic.
ReplyDeleteI wondered if you could turn the listings to the right of the profile player into links to the watch page. This way, a left-click could still load the video into the profile through the onclick handler, but other navigation (like tabbed browsing, bookmarking) would still be available for those who want it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, when you're on the watch page and click on "More from: user," at the bottom of the listing there is a link to the old view=videos that gives you an error now.
@twoarebetter
ReplyDeletetotally agree, the right click is REALLY missing
Is there any plan for updates for people who are browsing from their Nintendo Wii Console? The Wii uses the Opera browser and youtube channels are completely unusuable on there. None of the links work to view videos that have been uploaded. The only thing that will play is the featured video.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, I do like the new layout, I do have to agree with the those who say keeping the videos on a single page is hurting more than helping. I like being able to see related videos that are not my own. I often find some great stuff that way.
If you guys could make it easir to open a new window or new tab for videos that would be much appreciated.
Other than that, I'm digging the new look and I see that my other concerns are already on the 'to do' list so I won't bother bringing those issues up.
I have two basic problems with the new channels:
ReplyDelete1) They make it difficult to get the DIRECT LINK of the Youtube video I am watching
Basically, it forces me to open a new window, go to Youtube, search for the title of the video I am watching, right click on the link and "copy URL".
This is ridiculous; there should be an easier way.
Because the new interface is Flash rather than html, I cannot right-click on a video link to get the URL.
2) They make it difficult or impossible to see a full list of all the public videos of a particular user, in chronological order of submission. Why is there even an option for this to be hidden information? If a user wants some videos to be hidden from view, he can make them private.
I don't know if anyone else has this problem or if its a problem with my Internet Explorer, but I have a bug of my own that I can't figure out. Everytime I try to search for a video, it takes me to a page where everything is in HTML and the all the video results are all pushed off to the left side of the page. Plus the text and links are all out of whack.
ReplyDeletePlease tell me how I can fix this because it's really making it hard for me to search. Please address this problem when you get a chance.
I'm so happy that everything's coming out good! With the new features and the transparency coming soon, I'm looking forward to see the full result. You rock, Brian!
ReplyDeleteMe and a friend of mine noticed there are some bugs that need to be fixed before it's full release:
The channel sharing feature is missing.
My web addresses in my channel profile won't link anymore in the beta.
Sometimes, when I made a new color theme and go back to my channel in any way, it reverts to my previous channel color and I have to start all over making the new color theme again.
If the YouTube server has enough capacity, can you make the new layout optional so people can change to the classic, old channels when they wanted too?
Thanks!
~Sesaka
Not sure if its happening on other people's channels but the bar that shows "Settings", "Themes and Colors", and "Modules" is too wide vertically. It used to be only one line but now the "Revert! I want my old channel back" has wrapped to a second line, making the bar too wide vertically.
ReplyDeleteMy YouTube channel is youtube.com/movie3891.
Can you give an option to close the bar on the top of your channel that says "Settings, Themes and Colors, Modules"?
ReplyDeleteEvery time I view my channely it gets in the way and is kind of annoying.
Theres also a problem with the Resent Activities. When you have a lot, the oldest showing activity goes out of the module.
Over all its great! The transperency and the ability to choose the videos you want to display are awesome.
-MicroNik95
youtube.com/micronik95
I think I found a glitch. I've noticed this on all the channels that is beta.
ReplyDeleteWhen you switch to grid view and click on a video, it takes you back to the player view but does not load the video that you clicked. It just stays at the featured video.
1.) Rather than the player view and grid view buttons, you could combine the two buttons into a single button so that you can toggle between player view and grid view. Click the button takes you to grid view. Click it again takes you back to the player view.
ReplyDelete2.) For the featured video pulldown box, you should also add "Random" as an option so that each time someone visits your channel, the video that is featured is a random video.
3.) The "Uploads" button should be changed to "My Uploads", "My Videos", or "Videos".
For more advanced users who uses Photoshop to design their channels around the modules, I suggest a downloadable Photoshop template so that members can download and open the file in Photoshop and design their channel. It is possible to use the print screen button on the keyboard. However, because of my monitor size, only the top part of my channel gets copied and pasted into Photoshop. So if I wanted to design something towards the bottom of the page on my channel, I can't because I don't know the dimensions of the modules.
ReplyDeleteI AM LOVING THE NEW UPDATES ALL AROUND! I LOVE THE NEW CHANNEL BUT WILL STICK WITH MY OLD ONE UNTIL FURTHER BUGS ARE FIXED! ALSO JUST TO KEEP THE WHOLE YOUTUBE COMMUNITY HAPPY WHY NOT ALLOW A CHOICE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW CHANNELS?
ReplyDeleteI agree with K0HPelord.
ReplyDelete@Jordan, they've told us a lot over an d over, they can't make it optional it'll be too much work to have both channels, so the OPTIONAL thing is out of the question.
ReplyDeleteI like the new channels, keep up the good work.
@dxdfanx1: If they can't make it optional, they should make sure that the new channel has all the important features of the old one, so that no-one would have a good reason to miss it. Currently, the two basic features that I mentioned in my prior post do not work in the new channel (maybe intentionally? Is there some profit to be made from breaking those particular features?).
ReplyDeleteI still have a strange bug in my playlist thumbnails Brian. Any ETA on when that will be fixed for me?
ReplyDeletehttp://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd224/TaurusOxford/2.png
ReplyDeleteThis bug specifically - http://www.youtube.com/user/TaurusOxford
I think a good change you can made to the new channels is the user's capability of change the name to the Modules, it will make more customizable and funner the new Channels.
ReplyDeleteTake a look to my channel ;)
http://www.youtube.com/user/AleMMR95
I'm having a slight bug that's really annoying.
ReplyDeleteI'm using the beta channels on IE8, and when I change the theme and click "Save Changes", the spinning wheel pops up, then the theme tab closes. Whenever I click another tab, such as Settings, the spinning wheel is still over the "Save changes" button and I can't click it. I have to refresh the page to get rid of it.
My channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/CooperProductions08
@Niffiwan, I'm sure they'll look into them, they're looking at everyone's ideas, to make it what people want :D.
ReplyDeletei had this really great animating GIF that i used as my background image. i've had that background for over a year now, but recently i've noticed it wasn't there. when i went to upload it again, i got a message saying it was too big. now i found this strange due to the fact that i've used it perfectly for over a year without a problem. and by now, that backround has somewhat cemented itself as a major part of my channel, and i'm quite upset to see it gone. please fix this problem, for i'm very confused as to why the size parameters have changed, and i heavily hope that you wil enable the option for me to restore it.
ReplyDeletethe new design isn't very user friendly compared to the old one. why change something that was working fine?
ReplyDeleteit's not letting me switch back to the old format, is this intention?
thumbs down youtubegoogle
Please change "Uploads" at the top of the channel to "My Uploads", "My Videos", or "Videos".
ReplyDeleteChange uploads to Videos, and put a friend button by the Sub button on the top
ReplyDeletealso how do you sub to someone favorites in the new channels?
ReplyDelete1.) There needs to be an option for a member to delete a theme that he or she has created using the "new theme" button in "Themes and Colors".
ReplyDelete2.) In the search box, make the "Search Uploads" look like a button rather than just text. Maybe you could make it look like the YouTube search button.
3.) The profile picture at the top of the channel is still way too small. See my channel for an example: youtube.com/movie3891. The profile picture next to the subscribe and add as friend button is about the right size.
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Everything else looks great. Compared to the old channel, the beta channel now feels like a channel. The old channel did not feel like a channel at all. I like that when you click on the video thumnails on the right side, the video plays on your left. It gives it a TV feel of flipping through the channels.
To any non-partners wanting banners,
ReplyDeleteIf you are wanting to add banners to your page, you can if you have Photoshop. Do you see the space between the left side of your monitor and the video player? That's empty space that can be used for your banner. However, it will be a verticle banner rather than horizontal. You can also add a banner to the right side. The only down side is that someone who still has a small monitor won't be able to see your banner. I use Photoshop Elements. Create a blank file that is 2048 x 1152 pixels. I'll let you figure out the rest because it will take up too much space here.
In grid view, it would be nice to be able to order videos by drag and drop.
ReplyDeleteWell, I started a new channel yesterday and right now I'm a little bit pissed off because youtube won't give me an old channel. An absolute Pseudo-Improvement.
ReplyDelete...and why is it that I can't find my playlists anywhere on the new channels?
ReplyDeletePlease, "custom ordering of uploads & your list of playlists" is quite urgent!
ReplyDeleteI have to say, I really don't like the new profile designs as a whole. It just seems really badly designed.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US! Well, personally; I would like for you to allow transparency in the boxes (similar to the old channels) and room for a background picture or design. The new pages seem cramped, tight, and too 'boxed' in. If you allowed transparency; it would free up the cramped-tightness. We appreciate you keeping an open-mind into what we want. Thanks guys.
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ReplyDeletePlease give us a CHOICE to use old or new. And Let us open videos in A NEW WINDOW OR TAB.
ReplyDeletePEACE!!!
Since Favorite lists don't have such a prominent placing anymore, it seems redundant to keep the maximum amount to show at three. Please create the possibility to show an infinite amount of playlist on our channel page.
ReplyDeletehow about, "we don't want this new design"
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ReplyDeleteGeesh, I wonder what Brian's gonna "fix" next.
ReplyDeleteWhat i don't get is, that BETA channels and old channels co exist right now, why can't it stay that way? It's not that difficult. Geez.
ReplyDeleteI would like an rss feed on a users recent activity. And will the old youtube groups move to the new youtube group design on july 15th? I would like to upgrade my group now but I dont see an option right now.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the channels don't work on Wii, PS3 and mobile web including iPhones is really worrying. Are you guys going address these issues before going live?
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ReplyDeleteNew channel design crashes my web browser.
ReplyDeleteI'm using Safari and Firefox on Mac OS X.
Here's the video of same problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_iIqZMM1uk
And other threads.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=0a5408fc8add4245&hl=en
http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=de&comments_parentId=378621&forumId=1
There's a bug when I switch to the new channel design. I've changed what's written in my channel description. But when I switch to the beta channel, it shows my old channel description. Also, there's no box that has the text in editing the channel so I can change it
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ReplyDeleteI want to be able to subscribe to individial playlists!
ReplyDeleteMake that happen, or I may have to publically ask my 112,000 subscribers to petition against this half-finished channel design.
- Jon
I don't like lots of Javascript elements on my page, and I especially don't like Javascript elements *on my page*. Is that fair enough?
ReplyDeleteLet me keep my old, less bandwidth-intensive channel style, and maybe—just maybe—your site will run a little bit faster and throw a few fewer fits of lag.
i do not like it- old channel is much better.
ReplyDeleteAm not liking this at all. It is a total fail on so many levels I can't begin to name them all. May just drop viewing YouTube if this is its future. Sure I'll miss it. There is better (at this time at least) options out there right now.
ReplyDeleteCan you add a "hide" button for the Edit bar at the top of the channel when your viewing it? It gets in the way and you have to scroll down to view how you channel will look to other people.
ReplyDelete-MicroNik95
youtube.com/micronik95
You have not yet added Quicklist functionality. When will this be added? I always use the + icons in the lower left of the video thumbnails to make my playlists -- that's the best feature of YouTube!
ReplyDeleteis there any way you can make channels viewable in the old channels mode by like inserting something into the address bar like "&old=1" ??
ReplyDeleteI dislike the new ones a lot.
I am really sorry Brian. I can't hold with such behaviour. For days we've been trying to get a logical explanation about why you had to make this "take it or leave it" but you just keep ignoring us.
ReplyDeletePlease make this "change" and conduct have a sense. Please at least tell us WHY this new beta channel which is vehemently rejected by so many users has to be NON-optional.
Please tell us why when you posted your new message you did NOT say a single word about that.
Please tell us why you keep on turning a blind eye towards our indignation...
Please tell us why we can't have a simple choice!
Your last post was a simple disappointment...
Liam - yeah, right now it takes an extra click per video to open the video in a new tab. You can click on the video to load it, and then right click (or middle click) on the "View related videos, comments, and more" link at the bottom of the info box (underneath the video).
ReplyDeleteThat said, this is one of the more popular requests we've heard, and we're looking into a way to let you do a single right click / open in a new tab directly from the right hand side of the video navigator - stay tuned.
Muzik4Machines - thanks - glad to hear things feel faster to you. There might be some extra tweaks we can make here, too. Re: the wrapper, actually, with the transparency options coming soon, we might actually allow the entire wrapper to disappear, which might open up some really interesting options for customization - we'll see.
Johnny - we know that folks would like to be able to pick between the old version of channels and the new; though this option would be nice, the ongoing maintenance and cost to do this would be prohibitive while making the user experience across the site inconsistent. Our goal is to launch early and launch often (especially while in beta!), so even though some may not like the new channel design at first, the UI will evolve and improve over time and each iteration we do will reflect your feedback.
Peculator - which playlist of yours should be deleted? Is the deleted one still in the list?
cheechun - thanks - we're keeping track of everyone with a missing video navigator and we hope to fix all these folks soon. I've added yours to the list.
regnila - do you think the "Comments (0)" text at the top helps?
Operalala - Re: full screen controls, that refers to being able to hit the "full screen" button in the player to expand the player to the entire screen. For right-clicking videos into new tabs, we're looking at some options - my response to Liam above has some more info. Re: high quality, try going to your My Account page, then Playback Setup, and choose "I have a fast connection - always play in high quality". Re: enabling all playlists to show up automatically by default, that's a great idea - we should definitely do that. Re: line breaks, yeah, that's a known bug. And yeah, folders would be very cool. Thanks for all your feedback!
toujours - yeah, right now you can't reorder your videos or your playlists. It's on our to-do list...
paintinganddrawing - re: not being able to reorder more than one video in a playlist at once, that's not related to Channels 2.0 but it's definitely a bug - nice find. We've logged it. And your channel is looking great!
fc - no "Facebook-tizing" going on. :) We're not a social network, but we are a social video site - we've always had personal profiles, friends, subscriptions, etc - folks want to share and find videos with one another.
the7thbattalion - what's your channel name?
ginsenguy - thanks for your detailed feedback, even if we won't agree on everything. First off, re: links not working, or screenshots overlapping, it sounds like you're running into some UI bugs. Which browser are you using? We have some issues to work through in IE8 right now (and even IE6) if that's what you're using. Next, for deeper browsing (e.g. finding someone's first videos), have you tried the grid view (the icon in the upper-right corner)? It should make it easier to go through a lot of videos at once. And yeah, we know that paging through comments is broken (and has been for a while) - it has to do with scale of the site, and isn't a minor bug to fix - but we hope to be able to make this better soon.
dxdfanx1 - thanks for the bug report - we'll look into it.
MeMyselfAndPi - thanks for the feedback. 1) Yeah, we're seeing if there's something we can do here. 2) I think we should be able to make this better once we add re-ordering for your uploads and playlists (which will then carry over to the All view.)
Wiiloveit - thanks for the suggestions. Yeah, we might do something different with the Friend box. Picking top friends / subscriptions would be really cool (that's been a big one on my personal wish list for a while now). And resizing boxes would be cool.
ReplyDeleteAlan-kun - thanks for the feedback and suggestion. Right now we're not planning on having more than one player on channel pages, but there might be some interesting things we can do in the future to enable a different kind of vlog functionality.
lilacstar1 - in that case, you should like the upcoming transparency options. :)
Jaume - what's the channel info bug you're seeing?
Maxime - thanks for the detailed feedback. Your #3 is one of the things we're working on. Thanks for the bug report of the "approve friend invite" link. Re: block moving, we do support some of this, though there are limits to how much you can move around. Re: length, ratings, etc - yeah, there's room for more in grid view - we should definitely show more. Re: the hover state of showing 3 thumbnails, we're currently figuring out where and when to expand that feature beyond the "videos" tab. Re: the messaging system, yeah, it's not super powerful right now. Re: the video limit in playlists, I'll have to look into this - but the limit might be different in the embedded player versus what you can actually put into a playlist on youtube.com.
PCWizKid - nice channel. :)
AntneyW - thanks again for the feedback! Yeah, picking top subscribers (or randomizing) would be really cool. I'm skeptical the team will have time to get to this before we come out of beta, though. (Something for the future, though.) Being able to see the channel page as other users do - yeah - maybe one solution would be to just show the subscription and friend buttons regardless of who you are.
ralasinchains - yeah, some folks liked that in the early beta. We'll see if that's something we can add back as an eventual option.
KOHPelord - thanks for the feedback - unfortunately I don't think we can offer that level of customization - it would introduce a lot of weird problems to support it.
Darryl - Drag and drop would be very cool. Yeah, I'd want to show iJustine subscribing to my channel too. ;) Nice channel!
dragonite25801 - what browser are you using?
Person4623 - yeah, we've heard of Firefox something crashing on the Mac. We have a fix for this that we think will help - we plan to release it soon.
mathancompher - did you try turning the playlists on by clicking on the "edit" box in the upper-right corner of the video navigator?
twoarebetter - thanks for the suggestion - that might work and we're looking into it. And yeah, we're on top of the "more from: user" bug.
ReplyDeletetimeofmonth - yeah, things look broken on the Wii. We've got it on our bug list. Thanks for the report and the feedback. (And yeah, we're looking into opening into a new window / new tab as a possible option. For now, you can use the "View related videos, comments, and more" link.)
Niffiwan - no need to search - just use the "View related videos, comments, and more" link. Or click on the video title (though that's not right-clickable right now; known bug). Or click on the video player itself while the video is playing. Also, re: getting a full list of all public videos in chronological order - have you tried clicking on the "Uploads" tab (if it's not already selected?) It orders by date uploaded by default. You can also click on the "Grid" view in the upper right hand corner to switch to a larger browsing view.
AmyMcMahon - which browser are you using? Right now our biggest issues are in IE6 and IE8.
SamuKattz Sesaka - thanks for all the feedback! Yeah, the channel sharing feature isn't there right now. URLs aren't linking right now in the description box, but we plan to add that back in. And reverting color schemes - did this happen even after you hit the save button?
movie3891 - we haven't seen that one yet - but what browser are you using?
MicroNik95 - yeah, it would be nice to get rid of that bar if you don't need it. Re: Recent Activity, yes, at some point, if you have a lot of activity, we need to get rid of the oldest ones. We can't keep them around forever, unfortunately.
N/A - re: a grid video glitch - what browser are you using? Haven't heard of that one yet. Re: a random featured video, that could be fun. :) Re: renaming the Uploads section, we don't want to make it too long (there are length issues as it is), and "Videos" doesn't really work adjacent to "Favorites, Playlists," etc (they're all videos, after all). And a Photoshop template would be awesome - we'd love to offer that. Yes, deleting a theme is on our list. Re: ordering videos by drag and drop in grid view - you read our minds. :) Thanks for all of your suggestions!
TaurusOxford - we filed a bug on that one but I think we haven't dived into the IE8 bugs too deeply yet (I assume you're using IE8?) IE8 is on our cleanup to-do list before we transition everyone over to the new design. Apologies we haven't taken care of that one yet!
AleMMR95 - nice channel. :)
kevin - thanks for the bug report - we'll look into it.
nem_srb_4_life - The error messages you're getting sound odd, but in general, we're phasing out support for animated backgrounds.
John - it's not intentional to not let you switch back. What's your channel name?
Spritemoney - not in there right now, but we plan to add that back sooner or later.
G - transparency is definitely coming soon!
ReplyDeleteBenjamin - yeah, the Wii, etc bugs are on our to-do list - thanks for your patience on those.
MS - yes - we know that there is a bug with crashing in Firefox on the Mac. We've actually already got a fix for it, and plan to release it soon.
brawlmaster08 - we port your settings (channel description, etc) over from your old channel to the new channel the moment you opt in. But, after you opt in the first time, if you go back and change settings on your old channel, we don't automatically carry them over to the new one. So you need to edit them on the new channel as well. Just click the "edit" link in the upper-right corner of the profile box, then click within whatever field you want to edit (about me, description, etc).
Jonny Paula - allowing you to subscribe to playlists is on our todo list.
The Era of Athena - we know that folks would like to be able to pick between the old version of channels and the new; though this option would be nice, the ongoing maintenance and cost to do this would be prohibitive while making the user experience across the site inconsistent. Our goal is to launch early and launch often (especially while in beta!), so even though some may not like the new channel design at first, the UI will evolve and improve over time and each iteration we do will reflect your feedback.
GUgamer - not that many folks use Quicklist actually, but yeah, that's on our list. Thanks!
(phew)
I believe there are two previous comments that mention this problem. After clicking on "(more info)" when viewing a video's information, the scrollbar does not scroll the description. This makes it impossible to read the rest of the description.
ReplyDeleteOne feature that I would find useful would be to have the option to choose how your profile is set up a little bit better. Right now we can choose to have the uploads, favorites, and playlists given their own tab at the top, and can choose which (or all) are shown when a user first loads the page, but not a combination. I would like to show all my uploads but have one playlist's icon shown, like on my old page. I always have all my videos shown, but I had one playlist that was acting as a "folder" for one genre of videos I upload.
Also being able to move the boxes around a little more, space them out more, etc. would most likely satisfy more people and even add to the creative uniqueness each channel possesses.
Other than minor corrections, bug fixes, and touch-ups, I really like the new channels. I find they make watching videos quicker, easier, more fun, and just overall a different, more-involved experience. I just watched a video on the "old page" and felt like I was on a foreign planet, I've gotten so used to the new ones. xD
I know I'm forgetting some things, but I can't remember right now...But the channels are looking fantastic so far.
More advanced options for tiling background images would be a great update.
ReplyDeleteOption for separate favourites box would make a big difference for those worried about the mandatory update. I like to be able to quickly see what people have favourited and creates a lot more click through to different user's channels.
Forgot to post my channel name. Sorry about that.
ReplyDeletehyperwires
http://www.youtube.com/user/hyperwires
Nice 'beta' channel - i really like it! BUT a question: Is this still a bug or just wanted cause how get user access to 'ALL' my videos and favorites?? I have 90 videos but there show up only 24 and no scroll bar or something to get to the rest of my videos/favorites? any help? Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://youtube.com/speedster4235
Yes!! Finally! especially transparency!!
ReplyDeleteBrian, at least I tried :P
ReplyDeleteI know that one major problem people have with the design is the fixed location of the Profile box. Maybe at the least, the ability to move it to a different spot (even if it's not possible to have it where I mentioned before)?
I've also been told that Partner accounts have the option to turn the 'Video Navigator' module on or off. I'm not quite sure I understand the logic behind doing so... but I mention it here because it may be related to the bug where some people (who are not Partners) don't have that module on their channel.
"Re: high quality, try going to your My Account page, then Playback Setup, and choose "I have a fast connection - always play in high quality"."
ReplyDeleteYes, I this is what I am doing, and the "always play in high quality" option simply is not sticking, it reverts back to "choose my video quality dynamically based on the current connection speed", then does not recognize my high speed connection, and the vids default to "normal" quality.
Brian, you did not address a very serious problem with the new user pages:
ReplyDeleteVideos that auto-play are very disruptive, just like ads that suddenly blast at you when you're surfing the net.
At least turn the sound off, like you do with the ads, or allow us to disable auto-playing entirely. This is really a very bad idea.
Operalala
uhm i dont know if this is a bug or not but
ReplyDeletewhen im watching a video and i pause it and
look through the video(when its not playing)
then sometimes IE8 shuts down without warning
this also happend a few times when watching a few favorites in the beta channel
hope i explained the bug well enough
Please make it possible to open links in new tabs/windows.
ReplyDeleteNot really sure if this has been said but if you could somehow search for any video on youtube at your channel or maybe be able to get a background image and be able to move it around that would make it better.
ReplyDeletesometimes on my channel (and any other beta channel for that matter) when the page loads it stays for 1 second the vanishes. i have to refresh a few times to get it to stay. and if i click on a video on the right side, it does the same thing, but you can hear the audio. the source code stays the same. and when viewing the code, it had no sign of any JavaScript vanishing tricks. my username is thecomputernerd1 and i use Firefox 3.0.11.
ReplyDeleteBrian,
ReplyDeleteThis is a reply to your reply at July 4, 2009 2:11 PM regarding grid view glitch. I am using IE8. If you'd like, I can make a video to illustrate the glitch.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteBy the way, great job replying today. Those were LOTS of replies you did.
I am really liking the new channel. We've needed a new channel design for a long time. I'm so glad for the new channel.
I don't think a new major channel design should be released too often. Maybe every two year or so. Or better yet, let the channels evolve slowly over time, the same way the YouTube website evolved slowly with the redesigning of the tabs, etc.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteThis is a reply to your reply at July 4, 2009 2:11 PM.
You asked me "movie3891 - we haven't seen that one yet - but what browser are you using?"
I am using IE8.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say I appreciate you looking into my question and responding especially since I didn't think you would. It was a nice surprise. ;) Glad to see that you guys are working on the Wii problem and creating new tabs.
Please, Mr Brian Glick, we don´t want the new channels layout!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Transparency guys! This really make the page feel more open and spacier.
ReplyDeleteBrian,
ReplyDeleteWhen there's a description bigger than the box, and you want to use the scroll bar, the description doesn't scroll with it, I'm currently using IE7, can this be fixed?
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ReplyDeleteTransparency is great!
ReplyDeleteAutoplay sucks in my opinion.
Please don't force Autoplay on us : )
I tried the new format several weeks ago and didn't care for it. I don't remember if Autoplay could be disabled or not. I know a lot of users are upset about no transparency and are not aware you guy's have fixed that.
I did like some features of the new format.
I'd like the option to keep the current format, but I can't complain when I'm getting free YouTube.
I'll adapt if I have to : )
Whenever I click on anything while using one of my new beta channel designs, most of the time an error message appears. It reads: "an error occurred performing this operation." The message disappears and everything is fine. So, even though everything is working just fine, the error messages appear for no reason. It is very annoying.
ReplyDeletelovin' it!
ReplyDeleteone only concern of mine at the moment is that i like to browse some accounts videos - all of them. it's very easy on the new channels, but the thing is that whenever i accecidentaly click on the video itself, it opens up in a new tab and then there, i can't actually view all the account's videos in that side pannel of the video viewing, example: youtube.com/profile?user="accountname"&view=videos won't work with new accounts. dunno, maybe not a big deal...dunno :P cheers
ah yes, just found the right words to use now. basically, it's only a tad bit frustrating when people with o.c.d such as myself click on the video whilst viewing it in the new channel design and it opens up in a new tab, and the video that was playing on the new channel design has stopped and lost it's place on the progress/playing bar.
ReplyDeleteBRIAN: Is it possible to make my featured video automatically play? Visit my page and you'll see what I mean.
ReplyDeletePlease make my page a featured page. I have incorporated my video into my background. What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/EricWhitacresVrtlChr
Cheers!
I would like to see the total number of uploads. That was easy in the old format.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, you're making steady progress.
BobStockYT
Oh - also - the "sidebar" - gotta have it handy in the new format! (I don't want to open and reload the video on a new tab.)
ReplyDeleteThe "sidebar" is so very important to me as a browser, and linking to other new users I have not seen before! Thanks
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ReplyDeleteBrian, I already asked this question before, but is it possible to please keep the video log? I use my channel to help starting YouTubers and I love to have a little place where I can show some videos from others with a brief message of encouragement. I'm really missing that feature in the new design.
ReplyDeleteAs it's going to be, everything is in the video player now. It's an "either... or" situation: either I show my own instructional videos or I feature the work of others. The great thing about the old designs was that I had multiple places to promote videos.
I would be really sad if the video log would be gone forever :(.
Thank you for your reply.
- Geoffrey
Commentorio
I would like to use the old theme where my profile are located at the top left and my featured video is below it all. Not this reversed, bad looking themes.
ReplyDeleteI love Beta:) I hope soon people will accept this new style, because it is so modern and cool:))))
ReplyDeletethanks for all your updates, though I am still waiting when the number of characters in a channel title will increase, lol
http://www.youtube.com/user/EsperanzaBY
@ Esperanza BY: Keep hoping, because we'll all leave YouTube when that thing is enforced upon us, and there are three petitions to prove it.
ReplyDeletewell, I like trying on new things, fortunately I am not 100 years old:p
ReplyDeleteI'd agree with you Esperanza BY, these are awesome updates. All I really have to say is if the team can add Igoogle and group tabs. Otherwise the channels are almost perfect!
ReplyDelete@Esperanza: trying on new things is fine. Emphasize on "trying" though! I find it REALLY scary that we're forced into a new design that's still in beta. Brian already said there are issues that aren't going to be fixed before July 15th. So why not just keep the choice for at least a month after going live, just to see what issues arise and what needs to be tackled?
ReplyDeleteSuch as the Video Log :P.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JW514
ReplyDeleteWould like to see more thumbnails of our videos without scrolling. Not in grid form because that would do little to promote our featured video. I would like to see more thumbnails of our uploads featured more prominently.
ReplyDeleteAnd please allow us to choose which should be the recommended videos, not simply by sorting them according to time of upload.
BTW, it's terribly irritating needing to scroll that "sidebar" for videos when we have to scroll for the page already. Double scrolling is too troublesome. The whole layout is too "squeezed".
And its definitely a joke recent activities take up more space than recommended videos. Please do more to understand the marketing works users require with the channel.
Lastly, thanks for listening.
How about getting the todo-list done BEFORE you force the new beta on us?
ReplyDeleteSorry, I don't get it. I have seen so much criticism on the new channels - how can you guys not react to that? There are still so many bugs:
- You can't right-click the video links.
- no rating stars in the overview
- ugly fat borders everywhere (oh, you mean, it's actually a feature - ok, I'm sorry then ;) )
- Videos are still called "Uploads". WTF?
- profile information is basically out of view on the channels. Well hidden guys. Hey, it's only the mail information about US, but who cares?
BTW: The comment boxes in this blog suck. Can't even use the arrow keys properly :-(
Yea I agree with someone's comment before mine, I prefer to have profile and featured video at the top, followed by recommended videos, playlists, favourites, recent activities and others.
ReplyDeletePeople obviously come into our channel to find out more about us. If they want relevant videos, the playlist and related videos at the side serves the function.
@ Brian: Actually, i'm using the latest version of FireFox, not IE8
ReplyDeleteWe don't want the new channel design! We should have a choice if we want the new channel or the old one.
ReplyDeleteI create a channel it has the new design so i press the revert button but it didn't work.
ReplyDeleteHey Can we have links in the channel discription back.
ReplyDeleteThe Beta Channel is good and it works better on me! But their is some bug on it! Everytime I go into Youtube on my Wii or my DSi, it loads very slow and also very laggy! Can you please fix that!
ReplyDeleteI found a bug
ReplyDeleteWhen your viewing a video on a someone elses channel, and you click "More Info" in the description and scroll down, only the video title will move up. The description doesnt move with the scroller.
Is that the broken scroll problem you were talking about?
-MicroNik95
youtube.com/micronik95
i have issues in otally differnt areas. I use Firefox 3.5, but the issues also apply to every Firefox 3 version. I open one of my "Playlists". E.g. I want to move some videos from position "23" to "1". So I click on the number "23" and replace it iwth a "1". I can move the first video. However when I try to move the next video the layout freezes and I cannot move the video.
ReplyDeleteInstead, I have to reload the whole page and move another video.
Please! Can you fix that? It seems teh more you guys work on the new channel the more bugs appear outside the new channel.
Besides that you guys are doing a great job!
TrickyEmu
Thanks for fixing the ad/scrollbar issue.
ReplyDeleteChris
youtube.com/escapepodfilms
PLEASE make this new change optional. Many people are outraged by the loss of the old layout, including myself, and are deleting their videos and leaving Youtube for sites that listen to their community.
ReplyDeleteGIVE US AN OPTION!
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ReplyDeleteEh, the new channel's starting to grow on me, but I have a suggestion. I wouldn't mind seeing the bulletins back again, I really enjoyed that feature, it was an easy way to tell someone if you were online or offline, stuff like that. I think bulletins could make a welcome comeback.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the new design. Just let us keep the old one FOREVER!
ReplyDelete"so even though some may not like the new channel design at first, the UI will evolve and improve over time and each iteration we do will reflect your feedback."
ReplyDeleteTranslation: After a year or two, the channels will look and function exactly like the current ones, buy you guys would have forgotten about them by then and think we are awesome.
The first feedback 90% of users will give is "CHANGE BACK TO THE OLD CHANNELS", so this is probably the most likely thing to happen.
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ReplyDeletefound a bug, all video views from the featured videos are now counted, BUT, they show in the analytics(insight) as viral/other (i would say im pretty sure the tetis vid was seen from my page and not linked virally 1000 times in the past 36 hours, as my page(that as the video set to autoplay(by choice) was linked from this very blog)
ReplyDeletereally cool that transparency is coming soon, i already started working on a new background to accomodate it :)
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ReplyDelete@SC, i guess the IE8 bugS will all come fixed at the same time, not under the radar as most updates to the design are made, as they probably all depend on some backend code, but as per the other blog, they are really aware of it it seems
ReplyDeletecheers M4M :)
I like the new beta channels, but there is a problem with the description of the beta channel. I can't edit it when I want to. There is no option to edit that text in the edit channel section. Could you guys fix that, please?
ReplyDeleteAlso, we should have the option to choose whether to have the new channel or not after July 15th. There are many YouTubers that do not like the new design.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteThis is me again regarding the grid glitch.
I have made a video illustrating the glitch.
The video is at the end of this reply. You may need to make the video full screen to see it better.
My browser is IE8. I am using Windows Vista. This glitch is not isolated to my computer. It also happens on another computer. Also, the glitch not only occurs on my channel but on the channels of other YouTube members.
Here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLKS107y7Co
Thanks
In one of my suggestions above, I said that the "Search uploads" button should be replaced with an actual search button, like the light blue search button used to search YouTube videos.
ReplyDeleteTo see how this would look, I screen captured my channel and pasted it into Photoshop. I then erased "Search upload" and replaced it with the light blue search button. It looked much better than the plain text "search uploads" button.
Then I was thinking that maybe the color of search button on the channel could be changed to match the channel's "Themes and colors".
Not sure if this would be complicated to do but just thought it was a good idea. I'm just throwing ideas out there that may help improve the channels.
- N/A (aka: youtube.com/movie3891)
Looks like there is so much to do in so little time. July 15 is the date of the launch of the channel, which is only 10 days from now. Maybe the launch date should be pushed back to August 1. You guys are doing a great job.
ReplyDeleteThis beta blog has been great. Its like a big brainstorming session.
ReplyDeleteThis kind of blog should also be done for the YouTube site itself. I like the interaction between the YouTube team (Brian) and YouTube members.
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ReplyDeleteI think it should be optional, because some people like the the beta channels, but there are others who would like to keep their old ones.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it should be optional, although the new channel designs look great, I'm not really a big fan of the video player.
ReplyDeleteI would like to have the option of playing a video (such as one in my favorites) in its own link, and not in the video player on my profile (sorry if it's confusing, I'm not sure how to word it)
I've talked to some of my friends about it and they also agree on that feature.
This is regarding opening videos in its own window (playing videos in its own link).
ReplyDeleteIt seems like alot of people want to be able to watch a video from someone's channel on a separate window rather than from the channel itself. Of course you could always click on "View comments, related videos, and more" button below the channel's player to open the video in a separate page. But it would be faster to have a button next to each video thumbnail.
I suggest that an icon/symbol button be added below each video thumbnail on the list at the right side and in grid view. This icon, when clicked, would open a video in a new window or tab.
In my opinion (the reason why I never suggested it before), adding an icon/symbol would make the video list look too cluttered.
An alternate solution, for IE8 (not sure how other browsers work), is to be able to right click on the video link and click "open in new window" and "open in new tab".
-N/A (aka: youtube.com/movie3891)
The ability to move the profile information to the top of the page would be nice. When moved to the top, the profile would change to horizontal rather than verticle.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think that YouTube is wanting the location of the profile information to be consistent for everyone, which I understand, and I guess is a good thing. When you go to each person's channel, you don't want to have to look all over the page to find the profile information. Having a profile in one fixed location allows you know automatically where to look.
for partners i hate how the ads are by the videos, then it's harder to scroll through the videos, like this channel for example: http://youtube.com/Jpizzle1122 . Please remove that feature, or if you do, so a thing like See all in 1 page, or like how the OLD youtube channels did.
ReplyDeleteSamuKattz Sesaka - thanks for all the feedback! Yeah, the channel sharing feature isn't there right now. URLs aren't linking right now in the description box, but we plan to add that back in. And reverting color schemes - did this happen even after you hit the save button?
ReplyDelete--Yes indeed. I do remember clicking on the 'Save Changes' button and then leave the Themes and Colors section. After I leave my channel and back, it reverts to my previous settings. Sometimes it keeps the new color theme and sometimes it doesn't. It looks like a default negating glitch or something.
There should be an option to replace the new video navigator thing on the top of the page with just a box with the featured video, followed by the playlist box, then the boxes with the uploaded videos and favorites, simmilar to the old channels. This will be very nice and also solve the problem of people not liking the new channels.
ReplyDeleteNew channels are ugly and too compact. You're trying to put too many things in a too small space, a lot of which are useless.
ReplyDeleteA channel page should be simple and clean. JUST LIKE THE OLD ONES.
The old channel look is FINE.
DON'T FORCE PEOPLE TO SWITCH!
KEEP THE OLD CHANNEL LOOK AS AN OPTION!
OUR FAVORITE NEW CHANNEL DESIGNS
ReplyDeleteAdd mine: http://www.youtube.com/user/Reelizee
i hate the new channels
ReplyDeleteyoutube sux for doin this
the old channels were more user friendly
these are hard to figure out and so frustrating
Not being able to see the comments as I watch the videos is a disadvantage. In order to comment, one has to go off the main page anyway. It encourages the very thing we youtubers don't like; viewers not commenting. This sucks but hey its free. I will switch over now because you all are going to do it anyway.
ReplyDelete9 days until most of us leave YouTube. Including me.
ReplyDeleteAlso, for those of you who think that most of us love the beta channel and keep saying that we hate it 'cause we "don't want change" even though you've seen the YouTube blog and all the protest videos and accounts, go jump in a lake. It's so freaking obvious how many of us HATE the new beta channel, but users such as Muzik 4 Machines and Yarko keep saying that "Not everyone's a hater like you." Pathetic. Shows that they have SOME connection with YouTube.
BUG REPORT: IE7 and IE8 do not allow playing a video from grid view. FF3 seems to work correctly. This is a new problem (at least in IE7 it worked earlier.)
ReplyDeleteThis bug was reported above, but I didn't see many problem details.
DETAILS: When I click to select a video on the grid in IE7, it reverts back to the non-grid window but doesn't show the selected video. When I do the same in IE8, it throws an error message and asks if I want to debug.
FF3 correctly displays the selected video and allows me to play it.
Brian, thanks for the replies, great to hear you are working on the open in new tab as that seems to be the biggest problem with the new layout. Just to let you know I have had Firefox crash more than a few times on Win XP. Usually when going to grid mode then hitting the back button.
ReplyDeleteI dont't know whether you read my comment about a BUG: you can't scroll down the text correctly (after clicking 'more info') in the video information box on the main channel when using IE 8. A part of the text stays at its position while the other part moves as it should. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI have some thoughts on what the new YouTube channels should include. This is in a bid to make my subscribers experiences more pleasurable...
ReplyDelete1. Allow playlists to be shared with a share button like on the old channel.
2. Allow playlists to be organised in Alphabetically / Randomly or allow us to customise which order they appear.
3. You cannot edit the new group pages once they have been set. Can we please be allowed to edit these details.
4. When selecting most viewed I have videos with higher view count lower down than those with lower view count. Its a bit mixed up.
5. The top rated button seems very hit and miss. My videos always seem in a different order.
6. Can we have most discussed as a sort option too?
7. I would like to give my subscribers an option as to whether or not they want me to share videos with them. At the moment you have to share with everyone or pick out names which is very time consuming. Is there a better way this can be done?
8. I would like a module that is specifically available for contact information. I am trying to develop my channel into a central hub for my aviation and shipping videos and this could be useful.
DUDE Please listen to everybody Not Just the people here. Millions of people whant the beta channals to stay Optional!!!
ReplyDeleteI just went on my channel and found this ad above my Upoloads/Favorites/Playlists box and I find it very annoying and inconvenient since it squishes the box and makes it harder to use, plus the ad just doesn't belong on my channel. I don't know if this happened to anyone else but I would appreciate it if YouTube would keep the ads off of the channels. Other than that, I love the new channels :D
ReplyDeleteYo WHY DOESNT MY CHANNEL HAVE LINKS IN THE DISCRIPTION. Until you fix that this is fail
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