What probably annoys me the most about youtube, is that there is no elegant way to queue the next song easily and without a few second of 'buffer' between them.
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#12What probably annoys me the most about youtube, is that there is no elegant way to queue the next song easily and without a few second of 'buffer' between them.
I hope this helps then! :D
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#13Careful, you might accidentally get hired by Google
More like you might accidentally have Google decide your extension doesn't align with their business requirements and arbitrarily force you out of the Chrome store (after, incidentally, having made it nearly impossible for non-technical users to install extensions outside of Google's walled garden.)
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/07/21/how-youtube-killed-...
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#14Nice, this is something that has been driving me mad. Always liked how bandcamp or soundcloud kept playing the music in the background while browsing. Not the exact same, but seeing as how YT requires the videos to always be visible when played I guess it's as good as it can get.
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#15I was just talking about exactly this like 3 days ago with my one of my friends, awesome stuff, good job!!
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#16On the subject of YouTube related chrome extensions, I created one called WikiTube a couple of years ago. Its super simple, and just adds relevant YouTube videos to the top of Wikipedia pages. I'm quite happy with it
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikitube/aneddidib...
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#17On the subject of YouTube related chrome extensions, I created one called WikiTube a couple of years ago. Its super simple, and just adds relevant YouTube videos to the top of Wikipedia pages. I'm quite happy with it https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikitube/aneddidib...
Such a cool idea! Installed and I already love it!
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#18I mean YouTube UI is a disgrace really, what is it about big companies that stop them from being able to do design properly (even Apple post Jobs is starting to experience this).
Probably because it becomes design by committee at a certain point, and some functionality interrupts or excludes other design intents by nature.
For example, in the linked extension, it overlays (replaces?) the youtube recommended videos once you submit a search query - as part of the recommendation stuff seems to be driving high-traffic related vids to the viewer, many of which are ad-monetized, this has a marginal impact on some revenue figures. How much I wouldn't dare make a guess at, but I do not feel it's hard to imagine wanting to keep that space operating "as is" for Youtube's benefit.
Other bad UI changes probably stem just from apathy, a decision having been made somewhere when no one considered a better alternative, and the change would be considered too much work for whatever reason.
These aren't necessarily satisfactory answers as to why bad design sneaks through, but they are answers.
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#19I mean YouTube UI is a disgrace really, what is it about big companies that stop them from being able to do design properly (even Apple post Jobs is starting to experience this).
What's wrong with it, exactly? The video player gives me fewer problems than other players, and the site as a whole seems to have everything needed to watch videos.
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#20Nice, this is something that has been driving me mad. Always liked how bandcamp or soundcloud kept playing the music in the background while browsing. Not the exact same, but seeing as how YT requires the videos to always be visible when played I guess it's as good as it can get.
I have a blurry memory that at one point, the desktop youtube website (not mobile; not app; a long time ago) had continuous side search.