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Uploaded by on Sep 24, 2009

YouTube now has an optional giant viewer window for videos. But that means the death of the "sidebar." Where do we point now?

RogueBlueJay points in his most recent video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF4-HZwPqj0

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  • Or go with the vlog brothers - Link in the dooblydoo

  • Actually doobiliy doo originated with @wheezywaiter. It's used a lot now by many folks, but I like to give credit to the originator.

  • Why is it still a sidebar for me?

  • Turns out that YouTube supports player windows of various sizes. If you look just above the player window on the right--opposite the title of the video--you'll see some arrows. Those control the size of the player window.

  • I see lots of people stating the old videos don't get watched anymore.

    I will answer this and say make the sort of videos which will, vlog videos flat line real quick, certain subject matter and virals will just keep pulling in views.

    For me your side bar is still on the side.

  • WRT the sidebar. Yes... I was mistaken. Turns out that the size of the player window is a viewer preference. There are arrows on the top right of the player that will enlarge your player and force the sidebar to drop.

    WRT nobody watching old videos, that was a joke. Your advice on keeping videos playable is very sound.

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  • He calls it the 'dooblydoo' and rightly so.

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  • lol wut?

  • A couple of days ago I subscribed to your channel, mickeleh, and it's my intention to watch every single video that you have available...no matter what you point to. :)

  • its now even more different

  • On my parents windows pc the side bar is still there but now I am on a mac and it is on the bottom,. I assume becuase the mac is runnin an updated version.. but I liked it the old way.

  • :) yes, we can now call it the dooblydoo

  • It really should be called dooblydoo from now on

  • Yes sir, I firmly believe we all see the tube in different ways, often the newer aspects of the tube are seen only in the US first, then it trickles out to the rest of the known world (except China), now there's a story.

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