Google Redesigns YouTube

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:38 am

Google is redesigning YouTube to make the site more attractive to the content creators who make the kind of stuff Google could actually sell ads against -- like Disney, for example.

# The site will do away with current tabs "videos," "channels" and "community" and replace them with four tabs: Movies, Music, Shows, and Videos.
# The first three tabs is supposed to feature premium content, though YouTube doesn't have many licensing agreements yet.
# Videos in all four sections will feature in-stream, interruptive ads -- just like Hulu.
# There will be a new player interface. It looks a lot like Hulu's, marking on the timeline where ads will play and allowing users to "dim the lights."
# The redesign will emphasize a divide between long-form premium content and the user-uploaded stuff.
# The launch has been delayed till April 16, possibly due to on-going negotiations with Disney.

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oh fail! Youtube is good as dead now.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:06 am

The changes don't sound very user friendly.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:56 am

froggyboy604 wrote:The changes don't sound very user friendly.

the in video streaming ads is not user friendly.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:14 am

I really dislike those ads that show up on youtube videos since they block part of the video and are distracting. I