Ask HN: New YouTube hover feature? Does anyone else find this annoying?

Post by 37 » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 6:13 PM UTC

ch_sm wrote: post #86

endisneigh wrote: post #26

https://www.youtube.com/account_playback > Inline Playback -> Off What exactly is overstepping about it? Just turn it off lol

Wow. Thank you.

Post by godDLL » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 6:48 PM UTC

knaik94 wrote: post #18

rmason wrote: post #13

Do they actually do any user testing before launching a feature? Or did someone important at YouTube think it was a cool idea and greenlighted it. How about doing a poll before a video asking people if they like the feature? If they answer no then ask if they'd like it turned off? Beats moving on to the next new feature.

I know for a fact that they do a bunch of A/B testing at a time. The metrics they measure to decide if the change was effective isn't transparent. I wish there was a straightforward way but I imagine the "Send feedback" in the sidebar includes a way for them to see what experiments are active on your account.

Post by chii » Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 3:57 AM UTC

shmde wrote: post #81

37 wrote: post #70

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I use the old.reddit, don't find it terrible, but yes completely agree about the redesign.

old.reddit.com works fine on desktop but displays itself as a desktop site on mobile so becomes difficult to navigate on the tiny screen of my phone. I tried using i.reddit.com on my phone, but the links constantly redirects itself to the new reddit redesign and prompts me repeatedly to login, does not show me half of the replies and no access to NSFW subs. At this point I became so frustrated with the site I just st…

Post by mort96 » Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 11:32 AM UTC

ffhhj wrote: post #104

mort96 wrote: post #99

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Interesting how none of those lawsuits are antitrust related to their anti-competitive behavior in the browser or search engine markets, you 'd have thought that would be fertile ground for litigation. Glad you like coffeepaste :) I made it a while ago since I had issues with all the other alternatives I found. Feel free to use my instance or set up your own if you want.

Really cool! > The file will be deleted > a while after the last read. How long after?

Post by panick21_ » Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 5:40 PM UTC

todorov84 wrote: post #16

I've blocked these popups and the suggestions overlay at the end of videos by using these rules: www.youtube.com##.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-loading-preview-renderer www.youtube.com##.ytd-video-preview www.youtube.com##.ytp-ce-covering-overlay www.youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element www.youtube.com##.ytp-cards www.youtube.com##.ytp-cards-teaser www.youtube.com##.ytp-cards-button-icon