YouTube
Tests a New
Video Player
YouTube
Tests new versions of
the homepage and video pages, but also a new
Video player. The new interface replaces the gray shades with pure black, updates the icons and tweaks the progress bar color.
For some reason, the old interface was more subtle, while the new one seems to be more in-your-face. **w that
YouTube Tests a white background for
Video pages, the new
Player stands out more.
Here's the experimental player:
[IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mHpyDgKRS2c/UKYXIdXKPiI/AAAAAAABGq8/Rd2M6uaXllY/s640/youtube-player-**v2012-1.jpg[/IMG]
... and the
Player from the standard interface:
[IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1WV_aTId4ik/UKYXJdgY9DI/AAAAAAABGrI/O1lkRb51v3U/s640/youtube-player-**v2012-old.jpg[/IMG]
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, "**w playing" is replaced by "what to watch",
YouTube **w shows the number of subscribers and there's a new way to display the number of likes and dislikes.
YouTube Tests a New Video Player