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YouTube has a new logo, redesigned desktop and mobile app
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Better yet the phone should self destruct.
megarockexe
Member
I understand why they updated the logo. Now the icon they've been using all this time is actually part of the logo. It's also really iconic by now.
But the wordmark on its own doesn't seem unique enough to stand on its own. So it looks really strange now (but it will grow on you) and looks even more out of place in the embedded player. When Tube was in a box, it was a solid standalone logo that looked actionable. Now, not so much.
But the wordmark on its own doesn't seem unique enough to stand on its own. So it looks really strange now (but it will grow on you) and looks even more out of place in the embedded player. When Tube was in a box, it was a solid standalone logo that looked actionable. Now, not so much.
This is literally the first time they've changed their logo in their 12 years of existence.
All the other small changes have been like minor stuff, this is one of the major changes.
But people just don't like changes in general. They just don't... Every time some logo change or something happens people bug out over it lol. It really is true what they say about getting old and reacting to change.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Welcome to the population of wrong opinions.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
So much wasted empty space on the desktop site.
I guess that makes it sufficiently "modern."
I guess that makes it sufficiently "modern."
They've had vertical support for awhile now.
Something good
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I browse Facebook more on my computer than my phone, so no.
Waylon Drums
Member
I'm not fond of vertical video, but we sound like a bunch of old assholes yelling at clouds at this point. Get over it.
PjotrStroganov
Member
Whaaa? Is that the reason why we can't us background playing? Wow.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
ew man, chromecast support is all kinds of jacked up
playlist don't work
the control tab doesn't appear
even connecting seems to be sketchy when it chooses to work
it's also ugly
I can't find any official vertical videos so see if they actually encode for the resolution or just pillarbox and crop for vertical screens.
still ugly on desktop
playlist don't work
the control tab doesn't appear
even connecting seems to be sketchy when it chooses to work
it's also ugly
I can't find any official vertical videos so see if they actually encode for the resolution or just pillarbox and crop for vertical screens.
still ugly on desktop
VE3TRO
Formerly Gizmowned
If you keep tapping it increases the time added. Great to skip minutes through.
Azure Dream
Member
It's been in before this update, but still fairly new. It's so handy that I automatically try to do it on Desktop sometimes.
The new logo is okay, a bit wide but will be easy to get used to, however the new interface is very very white, which does not help with navigation, and the webpage itself is buggier than ever using incorrect labels and putting graphics in the middle of text (and the font isn't very attractive) Worse update in a while.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
I'm surprised to find myself paying for Youtube Red (or that I actually use YouTube enough to need it) - no ads + background playback is great. I really like it.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Oh god. I just looked and you're right. It's distractingly bad. They really like the color red, and they just changed it overall. At least the TV app has a dark interface.
This right here. Couldn't figure out how to reduce the size so I went back to the old look. Once I figure out how to get them smaller I'll switch back to the new format so I can have dark theme.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
The new layout for the desktop site is awful. Text and icons are needlessly big and the general layout is too streamlined. It's like the interface was made for a mobile device and was just copied and applied there.
The new logo is really uninspired too. It looks even more plain than the last logo. Not very professional in my book.
The new logo is really uninspired too. It looks even more plain than the last logo. Not very professional in my book.
petethepanda
Member
Theater Mode finally filling the damn browser automatically makes up for every other weird design decision for me.
I almost didn't notice the difference with the logo
It's about freaking time that this got added.
The article makes it sound like it was something from this year only
But yeah, it's a great feature
It's about freaking time that this got added.
The article makes it sound like it was something from this year only
But yeah, it's a great feature
New logo looks like a logical evolution since they've been using that icon for ages already anyway. Finally being able to choose playback speed on the mobile app is a great addition too.
I'm not liking that GIF of the new app though. I don't like any parts of the video to be cropped so to have it cropped by default depending on your viewing orientation and how much other content you want to view just annoys me.
I don't like vertical video because it's terrible on stationary displays but when a video is shot vertically, I can appreciate that I can watch it full screen on my phone or tablet. Depending on the view you choose, this new approach will crop all videos whether vertical or horizontal.
I'm not liking that GIF of the new app though. I don't like any parts of the video to be cropped so to have it cropped by default depending on your viewing orientation and how much other content you want to view just annoys me.
I don't like vertical video because it's terrible on stationary displays but when a video is shot vertically, I can appreciate that I can watch it full screen on my phone or tablet. Depending on the view you choose, this new approach will crop all videos whether vertical or horizontal.
New desktop site layout is absolutely dreadful. Everything is spaced apart way too much, making elements feel disjointed. This is made even worse by the nearly invisible spacers between elements that completely fail to structure and group elements in a visually concise way.
I don't really care about the font or logo but man, the site itself doesn't feel like it has any structure anymore. Just a big white canvas plastered with shit. Hate it.
I don't really care about the font or logo but man, the site itself doesn't feel like it has any structure anymore. Just a big white canvas plastered with shit. Hate it.
opticalmace
Member
Pretty nice update. I like all of it, I think.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
I hate the color. Saw it first last night and its such a loud tone of red. It was actually unpleasant on my eyes, looking at my Macbook screen in the dark and seeing this poppy red.
greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
The particular red they chose hurts my eyes too.
Well, there's no where to go from here at least. Honestly, isn't that some kinda design faux pas? If it isn't it fucking should be.The red color. My eyes. Taking the sample from the Subscribe button it's literally #FF0000, aka the most obnoxious, attention-grabbing red available.
Thankfully userstyles exist.
TimHortons
Member
Updates I noticed were preview of video while selected, overlays at end of videos etc actually appear now.
Modern "clean" UI design in a nutshell, make sure that less content is visible...
You still seem to have part of the old design.
Also, the stupid left bar always reappears now whenever I reload the page.
I know what you mean but
1) I don't think that's actually true at this point, on-screen buttons are finally very common
2) Screens are now too big for it to be a good idea to have important navigation controls at the top of the screen, out of reach. Chrome is actually moving the address bar to the bottom, Windows Phone style.
DirgeExtinction
Member
Is it even possible for them to incorporate HDR via casting? Or would that require new hardware for the receiving end?
I would assume the Chromecast Ultra already does this
Spiritwalker
Member
I'm still seeing the old desktop design, but with the new logo.
DirgeExtinction
Member
No, only desktop. Apparently, it's not coming to mobile.
You still seem to have part of the old design.
Also, the stupid left bar always reappears now whenever I reload the page.
Looks like next to "sign in", there is an option where you can go back to the old design. No more stupid left bar, blue video names again and the site is way more responsive/faster.
