New Youtube interface

[mvee]

This morning YouTube invited a small group of press to unveil the latest evolution of the site?s viewing experience. It?s called YouTube XL, and it?s going to bring the vast majority of YouTube?s content to your TV or large-screen computer monitor. It?s already live, and you can check it out here



Here is the full article

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/02...al-to-your-tv/

[SilentKnight]

Opera didn't like it...gonna try it in Firefox

[JC Maldini]

Good on Chrome....I like the interface..looks good!

[Porko]

in a few years, your remote control will control youtube on tv..
cant wait

[katsmeow29]

That's pretty effing sweet. Ah, the sweet future of technology.

[seeandsee]

This morning YouTube invited a small group of press to unveil the latest evolution of the site?s viewing experience. It?s called YouTube XL, and it?s going to bring the vast majority of YouTube?s content to your TV or large-screen computer monitor. It?s already live, and you can check it out here



Here is the full article

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/02...al-to-your-tv/

Ugly as hell

[TeenCat]

ooh ... that is the final design interface? step twenty years back ... yeah, excelent 80s retro ... also, why do we need some crappy wmp in tv? now you have to click like idiot to find anything, no no, this will be not going public imho ...

[SomeCreep]

hmm, it's alright i guess

[rowan]

The look n' feel reminds me of a cheap Asian DVD player.

[Yngwie]

is that the best that they can do?

[heymatty]

Wow I think thats the ugliest thing I have seen google produce in ages.

[Zorgman]

I get nothing, it's not a blank white page.

[onwebcam]

in a few years, your remote control will control youtube on tv..
cant wait

Why wait? Wireless keyboard, mouse and my recliner is all I need.

[mvee]

ooh ... that is the final design interface? step twenty years back ... yeah, excelent 80s retro ... also, why do we need some crappy wmp in tv? now you have to click like idiot to find anything, no no, this will be not going public imho ...

This will go public but it is going to go through many cycles after release. They need money and the sooner they can release this the sooner they can segment iptv as separate vertical for advertising dollars

[NaughtyRob]

Ugly but much simpler.

[hypedough]

It looks like it was built for the iPhone. Ughh what a lame layout, I really hope this isn't the "future" of Youtube. Where are the comments and such?

[Nautilus]

So ugly it is un fucking believable for a large company like this. Any $10 gallery designer lurking at GFY would do better.

[signbucks]

looks very unusual

[thinkhype]

woah, i wonder which designer got that contract. good concept though

have you guys found a way to get the videos in HD/HQ? seems like it's on standard quality by default...

[StuartD]

I wonder how many people commenting on the design even realize that this is for TV, not a standard browser.

[Scott McD]

There's just no pleasing some people...

[Roald]

All great news and all but this final piece of text sums it up for now I would say:

"Now the site just needs to work on bringing more premium content to YouTube - it’s fun to watch silly user-generated videos on my computer, but if I’m going to couch surf through YouTube on my big screen TV, I’d rather watch content that’s a little more polished."

Thats where youtube is lacking already imo and reason they hardly make any real money currently. They will need to come up with some good contracts with the big production companies to makethis XL thingy work out I would say.

[Ayla_SquareTurtle]

Meh. It doesn't search when you hit enter, you have to click the search with your mouse. It's the small changes that get to me.

[I Love The Yayo]

Jesus, that's fucking ugly! It looks like the 90's.

[I Love The Yayo]

The look n' feel reminds me of a cheap Asian DVD player.

I was thinking what it reminds me of and that must be it!

[michael.kickass]

It's ok I guess. I think they should worry about letting us post better quality videos instead of this..

[jakethedog]

simple .. to the point .. but SLOW as hell... Still loading ... still loading

[Basic_man]

It's awesome1