Three things I don't like about the new channel design

Don't worry, I'm not gonna yell, scream and kick. But there are three things that I don't like about the new channel designs. Bottom line is: it's another way for YouTube to exclude the social aspect in favor of the content aspect!

I have a bad feeling about this.....

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People & Blogs

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• New
• channel
• design

[mikesndbs]

Hey, I tried out the new design yesterday but reverted back as there were some big issues. But I see you managed to get a backgound image on yours, how did you do it?

[Nightwatcher1982]

Oh, just go to "Themes and colors", you can upload your background there. No problem!

Take care,

Geoffrey

[unclesaboin]

I know that people have a tendency to moan and complain every time YouTube changes the smallest thing but, in this case, I think it's justified.

For those of us who are here for the social networking and user interaction aspect of the site, this new layout doesn't have any practical improvements.

I would prefer that they work on optimizing their network and making their servers more efficient. I have a 10 Mbps Internet connection and the pages and the videos load painfully slowly.

[Nightwatcher1982]

Thanks for your very elaborate comments, Sam! I already thought you'd feel the same way. Appearantly YouTube thinks that everybody on YouTube is here to upload videos. But for you and me (well... me at my Commentorio-channel), the videos are just an extra feature. For us, it's about the social interaction. So I don't have much use for such a big video player on my channel.

All the best,

Geoffrey

[ruroremy]

I put the new one up, I don't really like it but at least I won't have to complain about it a second time when they'll change it around for everyone.

The video player is bigger because of the HD playing size.

It reminds me of BlogTV, a lot. I always thought the BlogTV design was too messy.

I didn't notice the blog bit was gone since I never used it. Playlists are still around though.

[Nightwatcher1982]

Thanks Remy! Sure, the playlists are still there, but for me the fun part was being able to add my own little message to a video, to tell people why I like it so much. I really hope YouTube will give this back to us!

[waitEveryday]

I HATE IT...the old design was much simpler.

[brickamator]

I agre. Like my vid on it and youtube might change back.

[Toracube]

Good points !! The new Channel designs suck.

People like having some info about themselves that people can see straight away..Not hidden 3 clicks away.

[anonymousadvice1]

dude i soooooooooooo HATE the new channels!!!! My channel is new and it wont let me have the old design!! im soooo mad!!! if you ask me, I think the new design is WAY to confusing and fancy . It's not plain out and obvious where all the buttons and stuff are anymore. Now, i have to SEARCH for the button i need. I STILL dont understand the new channels!! its too confusing!! UGH!

[yeahhboy21]

yaaa i hate the new channel design too, i agree with everything youu just said...i like the info and stuff and i don't like the videio player =ppp.

i misss the old channel!

[watsupseven]

He is so right about VLOG. I will not UPDATE because of this lost feature along with, it seems Google's Corporate Buddies are getting all the goodies along with Partner Channels. So what do the people that actually furnish the views that pay for this site get? Not a dam thing, but a kick in the ass and generic cloned 1984 looking channels where you can hardly tell the difference!

I'm spending less and less time on YT than I ever have, when I found out they're forcing YT Channels 2.0 on us!

[Cobac]

i love the old change OMG look at this guys changes /user/gnetvideos

 this guys channles looks AWSOME

[waagemensch]

Hello there, just found your video here and subscribed to your channel :-)

Greetings to Holland from a german Neighbour !!

and 5* for your Opinion !

manu.

[dabiribd]

Hi Geoffrey ,

I don't like the new look!

[unclesaboin]

I like that idea. I'd rather have the channel description top and left and just put the big video player instead of the small one.

It's not as if there weren't enough room to put the large video player on the current page.