For some reason, the old interface was more subtle, while the new one seems to be more in-your-face. Now that YouTube tests a white background for video pages, the new player stands out more.
Here's the experimental player:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN9z5zDqYTmlxBDOTnWsbXphgS6GlhcjhsqR2wz8Xl3Zj16C7xAfcKZromU0Tennq75RiPQ8gA5LhYlcxNo9N6Sk5FNbkZvEPTKTJR_tHNapu-rcQ8J8FeLcCWNHx1NamxKaR1w/s640/youtube-player-nov2012-1.jpg)
... and the player from the standard interface:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAxm2o6I013Jew0NzhTGYrDPU2rKfADJ4s5tOOMBp_pgGm_BkCVbFvglcOIpxmEWXnH_GfXVsXv10yBHpUkNuLorSWppgWZvphGjNNYCNAdxLIElMF7mr-dXCh0IIRWaoNtWXhIQ/s640/youtube-player-nov2012-old.jpg)
To try the new player, change your YouTube cookies using the instructions from this post. There are some other changes: new options in the "upload" drop-down, "now playing" is replaced by "what to watch", YouTube now shows the number of subscribers and there's a new way to display the number of likes and dislikes.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41k7Z-LEB4InxB4kW9ncZApp6EwT6HXYTmLsbaLyRAjmCCvFn2hVoDwbJvTBRqc2v8DZAqyYlaqGckyhK-mgPpl3Uf0af1bzrJlZZMtA10y0SM_flzZXH9mHD_Qde1r0vo8t1KQ/s640/youtube-video-page-experiment-diff-1.png)
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still have no idea why the background is white. its should be grey or black to be more focus on the video...
ReplyDeleteOld was better.
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