A continuing series on better design interfaces for my favorite music channel – You Tube
Some things I like.
The shrink- expand button.
The wasted space for advertisement – to the left of the video that is hugely static in terms of changes. It should be rotated more often.
The non existing average time of play- does everyone watch the whole video . or is the whole video watched 56 million times.
the inability to scroll and zoom into the video analytics.
the completely outdated comments button- which can be better used to create a SOCIAL community. but all it shows is top ranked comment, and click before dropping down. I liked the NYT approach to segmented comments including Editors Picks, Most Recommended, Highlights.
The video response feature that can be easily gamed to ensure video views /phishes.
The comments page numbers at the bottom instead of being at the top for the casual scanner of comments.
Facebook is the first button rather than second button in the minimum shared view list. Is that true? Can these buttons be self learning to my preferred social network instead of a default. (hint- use Google prediction API)
There is no provision to replay a video, unless you put into a playlist- which fortunately has been quite changed, even though the urls for playlists should have a separate url shortener than you.tube
A much better recommended playlist of related videos- they should be customized to the eclectic taste of the signed in user than the actual content. Maybe Try something like iTunes Genius feature.
No provision for a paid , premium channel even for countries that are blocked en masse from watching certain videos, hence depend on illegal video responses.
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