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Re: Show HN: Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)

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I will have to check this out when I get the chance. I was deeply saddened when YouTube killed their "Feather beta" feature which presented a super-minimal version of the site with the intention of reducing load times on slower internet connections.

I wouldn't have thought a minimal interface is required for YouTube.

If your internet connection is too slow to handle a more detailed interface, how on earth is it going to cope with doing something like streaming video and sound?

Re: Show HN: Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)

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Isn't this more of an alternative browser, as the playback uses YouTube's own HTML5 player?

hi @cr3ative. imho, it suppose to give an alternative experience to youtube's interface.

imho thats what he said

Re: Show HN: Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)

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post #21

I will have to check this out when I get the chance. I was deeply saddened when YouTube killed their "Feather beta" feature which presented a super-minimal version of the site with the intention of reducing load times on slower internet connections.

I wouldn't have thought a minimal interface is required for YouTube. If your internet connection is too slow to handle a more detailed interface, how on earth is it going to cope with doing something like streaming video and sound?

I think the idea is barely. Thus the adverts and extra load hurt the experience too much. Consider that it might take some time to load the video, now add in the advert on top of that and it might no longer be worth it.

Re: Show HN: Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)

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post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't have thought a minimal interface is required for YouTube. If your internet connection is too slow to handle a more detailed interface, how on earth is it going to cope with doing something like streaming video and sound?

I think the idea is barely. Thus the adverts and extra load hurt the experience too much. Consider that it might take some time to load the video, now add in the advert on top of that and it might no longer be worth it.

Yet the advert is what's paying for the video and the bandwidth.

Re: Show HN: Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)

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post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the idea is barely. Thus the adverts and extra load hurt the experience too much. Consider that it might take some time to load the video, now add in the advert on top of that and it might no longer be worth it.

Yet the advert is what's paying for the video and the bandwidth.

I wonder if YT will begin inserting ads directly into the video file server side. If you download the file to watch elsewhere, you get the whole package. Viewers can skip the ads manually, or wait for someone to write a program to detect scene changes and hope to skip the ads automatically. Then we're back to the TIVO model.

Re: Show HN: Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)

#29
Awesome app. A Grooveshark replacement for me.

I don't know if it too much to ask but Last.fm integration beyond just scrobbling can be nice. I have used an app belonging to Windows store which used to fetch full discography of searched artist from somewhere and show best YouTube video song next to every track.

One question: Are there benefits of signing in beside being able to save playlist?

Great work.

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