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

Post by throwawayboise » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 4:12 AM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #19

throwawaysea wrote: post #8

Another long standing annoyance is those links to other videos that pop up before my current video has ended. It always interferes with the last portion, usually when something important and climactic is being shown. There used to be a way to block these “annotations” but they removed it.

Oh god, those are the worst. Often you will be trying to watch the end of the video and you can't because they obscure text or other crucial images. Seriously, who at Youtube decided this was a good idea?

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 4:13 AM UTC

ksec wrote: post #27

endisneigh wrote: post #26

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

>Just turn it off lol Not an option on my account.

Post by DavidGetchel » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 4:22 AM UTC

Post by sdenton4 » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 4:33 AM UTC

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.

Post by anon_123g987 » Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 4:40 AM UTC