Friday, June 15, 2007

Site Update

Greetings 'Tubers! Our engineers and product people have been very busy optimizing your experience here to be more intuitive, user-friendly, and more "breatheable" overall. Check out what they've been up to:



SEARCH LAYOUT MAKEOVER

We've made searching for videos even easier! The search page now lets you choose how you want to display your results (just click on the "List View" and "Grid View" icons to the right of the "Sort By" options). Those sort links now also appear above the search results and the search bar has been moved to the center of the page.



HOMEPAGE ADDITIONS

Now you can see thumbnails of videos your fellow users are watching in real-time. In addition, the user message center now displays alert notifications for friend requests, new messages, video responses, and videos received to your account.



WATCH 3.0

We've beta released a new version of our watch page! Major changes include: increased video player size, more videos from that user's channel are more easily accessible, and related videos are more prominently displayed. We also simplified the actions appearing underneath the video player and redesigned QuickLists. To check out the new watch page, just click on the 'try our new version' link showing to the right of the video you're watching. Your feedback is always important to us, so don't be shy and do let us know how you really feel about the new watch page. Please send any comments, suggestions or rants to: watchfeedback@youtube.com.



UPLOAD REDESIGN + GEOTAGGING

The upload page has a completely new look and now also includes a super cool Google maplet, which allows you to indicate the exact location of where your video was taken (just click the "Date and Map Options"). You can also choose Sharing Options for comments, video responses, ratings and embedding during the actual upload process. Quick Capture and Upload have also been streamlined to share the same step 1 and confirmation pages.



ADOBE REMIXER

Have you been wishing for an easy way to edit your videos without buying extra software or bugging your video-savvy friends to do it for you? The long awaited Adobe Remixer is finally live! Remixer allows you to edit your videos with text, audio, graphics, overlays, effects, and transitions…right here on YouTube (no fancy equipment required). Check out the new YouTube Remixer, available on TestTube, and you'll be an expert in no time.



Toodle-oo,

The YouTube Team

476 comments:

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rslitman said...

I'm not happy with the Search changes. Even though I can see 24 videos now in the Grid layout, I can only see 10 on a page at one time with the layout that also allows me to see the description. If you're going to give people only 10 on a page, at least let us have a customizable option to go back to 20. Also, the tags no longer appear with the search results. Some people are not as descriptive as they should be, and sometimes the tags help me further in determining whether I want to watch something. As long as you're tinkering with the Search option, I'd like to see an Advanced Search where we can specify getting the results in Date Added order right away instead of having to see the Most Relevant ones first. And having a reverse Date Added would be nice. Plus having an exact phrase search capability - For instance, if I enter "Neil Diamond", I WON'T get in my results something with a description like, "We took Jim and Neil skiing on Diamond Mountain."

CountryComesToTown said...

Everyone is very upset about the change to the "My Subscriptions". It only shows 10 videos now whereas before we could see multiple rows and pages. So, unless you just sit in front of the computer or search the channel page of every subscription, you will miss lots of great videos. I posted a video about it and everyone is upset about it. -jim

jamesterdude said...

Now if you can just update the contests area (or at least follow thru with information on how to submit a contest or offer banner prices(wow Google missed a payment opportunity))before a contest is over that would be superflous

jamesterdude said...

Now if you can just update the contests area (or at least follow thru with information on how to submit a contest or offer banner prices(wow Google missed a payment opportunity))before a contest is over that would be superflous

anthonynowhere said...

DONT YOU HEAR US???? a lot of videos are stuck on the loading screen!! FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anthonynowhere said...

By the way, stop bragging! Ask your "engineers and product people" to take a look what's going on the server of LAX.YOUTUBE.COM. None of videos on that server work!

SimbiAni said...

I dont like the new search layout, its WORSE... I actually loved the old search page way back when, you could see ALL THREE thumbnails for each result, so you'd get a better idea if the vid was worth clicking / was really what it said it was / etc. Rember that?

The main thing I would add, is 100 (or better yet, 200 results per page... heh, I usually use that choice for forums and such) or at least 50! Becuz with thousands of results sometimes, it takes *ages* to page thru them all with less than twenty per page!

And an option I REALLY want, is to sort by specifics such as Favorited By (How Many Times). While youre at it... can we PLEASE see who are faving our vids? And the amount and link on both our My Videos page and the video pages themselves?

Thank you so much! Keep up the great work!

Sypur said...

Please change the subscriptions page back. The whole point of subscriptions is to make it easier to follow all your favorite channels without having to visit each individual channel's page for updates. With only 10 videos showing up, I have accidentally missed a bunch of updates, and it's a pain to click on links for each page.

EricJaffa said...

I'd prefer for you to drop the "Videos being watched right now.." section from the homepage.

I know what I'm here for and don't need to see what other people are watching on top of the homepage. I'll go to the Most Viewed section if I'm interested in what other people are watching.

gomezparkinson said...

Where did "Total Views" go? I was all excited to see it pass 600,000 for all my videos, but it's gone!

italk2youdotcom said...

Please bring back my "Total videos viewed"
to my homepage or at least put it on my channel page...or on my account page.

Also i liked the subcriptions before these changes...now there is less listed.

wuxiandis said...

What happened to the Total Views. The one feature I enjoyed and you got rid of it.

Why?

And why don't you address the issue?

Why did you delete the total views?

njpalko314 said...

remixer=good. with lowercase letters.
everything else thats new=SUCKS!!!! change it back YT!!!!!

seat42f said...

What happened to total views?

also I have tried remixer on a mac with safari, a mac with firefox and a PC with ie and no luck.. keep getting lots of errors... anyone actually using it?? I got all the way through a video once and hit done and nothing....

I0h said...

LAX.YOUTUBE.COM. not working for people with comcast on the east coast. Get your engineers working on this please

NoPlaceToRest said...

1) The Remixer is great! It's easy, it's fun, and it's pretty flexible as well – not only casual users will benefit from being able to painlessly trim their videos and add a quick title or transition here and there. Nice work! It would be even cooler if we could use private videos in the remixer – upload raw clips as private, then publish the polished result.

2) The upload page looks nice and clean. Geotagging is a nifty feature – maybe the growing integration with Google does have its benefits after all. Allowing video responses should perhaps better default to 'approve' (it's on 'allow all' right now).

3) The new watch page will be fine leaves me pretty much indifferent, but I don't see the point of stretching the 320x240 video even further. Oh, and are there going to be usernames on the Related Videos?

4) Please bring back pages 6-15 of the Most Recent. It's one the most interesting sections of this site, and the one where I spend most of my time. Way more fun than that showy flash thing on the home page.

5) Please consider adding a 'More' link on Video Log posts – their descriptions are currently truncated.

Ronaldsan said...

STOP ALL THE USELESS SHIT AND FIX THE FUCKING SUBSCRIPTIONS ALREADY! IT HAS BEEN A WEEK NEARLY!

logictrigger said...

I, and many others are unable to watch videos hosted on lax-v##.lax servers. This has been going on for two weeks now and I'd appreciate a fix.

quepasakoolj18 said...

Everyone is very upset about the change to the "My Subscriptions". It only shows 10 videos now whereas before we could see multiple rows and pages. So, unless you just sit in front of the computer or search the channel page of every subscription, you will miss lots of great videos. I posted a video about it and everyone is upset about it. -jim

Martlar said...

Hundreds of videos missed because of latest subscriptions limitation to 10.

SlowChocolateAutopsy said...

Please please please you have to fix the subscriptions page! It's no good as it is if you can only see a few of the newest videos! What is the point of being subscribed if you don't get the updates on peoples videos? Put it back to how it was PLEASE or I'm outta here for good. There are a lot of people upset at this, I'm not the only one.

MarkusHobelsberger said...

I can't imagine, why it should be so difficult to bring back the total video view counter?!?

movie1 said...

the live previews of videos being watched is a real gem....whos idea was it to add this??

HWHT08 said...

waaaaaaaaa

PZK12 said...

Why have you taken off the stats showing the running total of videos viewed on a channel? Now we have to look at our videos and add up the individual totals to get a running total of all videos watched. Can you put that stat back on the page or somewhere within a channel> Thanks.

komikero said...

Thanks for the updates, and it's much appreciated that people there are working to make the site better.

But I was curious as to any updates with regards to the subscriptions list. There are only 10 new videos appearing in my subscriptions list. This may seem like nothing, but this is a big problem for me because 1, I am missing a lot of videos and 2, people are missing MY videos. My videos don't get that much views as it is, it's gonna get lesser views even more because my subscribers won't get to know about it. Isn't this a huge problem, you think?

I'm SURE you guys are aware of this. I just wish someone would say something in this blog just so we know you're working on it.

Again, thanks for the updates for the rest.

riverbasil said...

FIX THE SUBSCRIPTIONS SECTION SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHEN PEOPLE PUT VIDEOS OUT! WE'RE MISSING THEM! Also, the Videos Being Watched Right Now feature is absolutely pointless as its filling with porn and other rubbish - in theory its a good feature, but doesn't work when there are dirty people here... the number of ratings appearing below the stars in a video also needs to be fixed... and can we PLEASE have the option of turning off friend requests!!!

riverbasil said...

I am thankful though for all the hard work thats gone into the site, I sounded too ungrateful in my previous comment, but we all are thankful I'm sure for the great workers at youtube :)

sudaandmohana said...

Total views stats box on the homepage was absolutely vital. Please return it or put it on our channel page.

Trenholmes said...

Thanks for keeping the site growing. Love the bigger screen. Please fix the subscription page. =)

levihello said...

whered my remix go after i hit pub?

StephenORegan said...

Total hits counter. Please

donjunior said...

hello? i liked it much more before this strange and needless updates.

+++:
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-Search results page (where are the categories???)
-Subscription area
-Videos watched now needless
-total counter is gone

As you see most of the community is disappointed with the update,so please change it back or build in all the things we had before.So long..

gentleghostuk said...

Have you actually watched what comes up in the videos being viewed now section. Apart from being irrelevant (I watch what I want to watch) I can imagine a lot of parents banning their kids from YouTube with some that are being watched. And a plea for total views being returned.

onlyed87 said...

The natives are restless.

doghousedave said...

The user message center is now crap its telling me I have new messages that I haven't got,and where is my videos watched score.CHANGE IT BACK PLEASE>IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT

SimUK said...

Does the GeoTagging actually work? Every time I go back to the map after saving the changes it shows the default location. If I click on the search button it claims it can't find the lat/lon which is pre-entered in the box. Also how do we search/find other videos that have been geotagged?

Also I agree with the comment below about the "recently watched videos" - I don't want some of those videos showing up each time I view YouTube - they're not the sort of videos I watch so why put them in my face on each visit to the front page? Give us an option to switch it off, or maybe only let it show "recently watched videos" from friends and channel's we're subscribed to who have Active Sharing on?

keybdwizrd said...

What happened to the total number of times all of my videos have been watched? Has that number been moved somewhere??? I need that number!

iiswansongii said...

#1 - Like keybdwizrd, I also like to see the 'total number of times all my videos have been watched'.

#2 - I don't like that you now only show me 10 of the newest videos from all my subscriptions. I'm missing alot of new videos because they aren't displayed on my new video page. I subscribe to so many people now, that It's cumbersome to have to click on all 100+ people just to see if they ahve a new video. PLEASE change this back to the way it was. OR make it easier for me to click on each one of my subscriptions to view their latest videos.

ectrish04 said...

looking for song rap/hiphop one lyric something like "mamma taught me to cook by the time i was three and i dont mean greens" please help going crazy

phoben said...

Where has my total viewing figures gone? That's part of the fun of youtube, not seeing friend invites or received video numbers. Even if you put the total figures in my account along side my channel views would be o.k... I love my total figures, i need them!

riverbasil said...

notice there are more comments that you'd categorize under "WTF?!" rather than "THANKYOU!" ...hope YouTube uses these comments to further improve the site sooner rather than later... the centered search bar on the home page has been centered, which for some reason I don't like ahaha I'm just one person, what do other people think? its good to get a discussion going over these things though

AceOfSpades072 said...

Hey you tube. i would like it if you made it possible to download the videos. because if i like a music video i have to go to google video to download it( for my psp) and its annoying. thanks

CarDude675 said...

I can't believe YT had the nerve to post that ridiculous and self-serving blog post considering all the problems with their site, and they even ended it with "toodle-oo" LOL! UNBELIEVABLE!! VIDEOS ARE GETTING STUCK ON THE LOADING SCREEN AND A LOT OF US CAN'T SEE APPROX 25% OF THE VIDS POSTED!! THERE ARE MANY OTHER PROBLEMS AS WELL. EVERYONE EMAIL "EDITOR@YOUTUBE.COM" WITH YOUR COMPLAINTS. THEY HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS BY NOW BUT ARE IGNORING THEM FOR SOME REASON! THEY NEED TO GET THEIR BUTTS IN GEAR AND WILL ONLY DO THAT IF THEY HEAR US!!

funnyz said...

Hey! I have an idea! Add a real-time video view count box! That would be awesome! Also, the beta page is horrible. It looks like Google Video's video page. G-vid was a flop. Don't use beta!

bobsully said...

The current 10 video limit to new posted videos from my subscriptions is a major disappointment and it makes coming to the site for other reasons minimal. Again I spent days trying to understand what the problem was until someone finally was kind enough to inform me. You guys really have poor public relations. And the engineers need to test on a limited scope before experimenting on the whole site.

XtinaLuverFan said...

What's with the virus comment?

XtinaLuverFan said...

I LOVE it!!

tstkeith said...

It would be great if the geotagging is default according to your IP address!

i241special said...

I hate the remixer everything else is awesome. Yeah, the remixer sucks.

claymationfighter said...

you need to be able to sort by category with the new search thing

andymooseman said...

Please change the limit on new videos from my subscriptions, i'm missing lots of videos from people i want to watch. It worked perfectly well before, so why mess with it. If you want to alter it, set it up so that when you've watched one of your subscriptions videos it's no longer shown.

andymooseman said...

I quite like the Watch 3.0 feature, it seems to be a bit of an improvement.
Geotagging is a waste of time, it's just a gimmick. Why waste your time doing that when there must be so much more that really needs fixing.

Alto1982 said...

total view count
BRING IT BACK OR I WON'T UPLOAD ANY MORE VIDEO ONTO YOUR SITE

I POST MY VIDEO ON STAGE 6 OR OTHER RIVALS

andymooseman said...

Sorry, me again.
As others have said, bring back the total video views number. Why did you take it away?
Remember, "If it ain't broke don't fix it"
We all appreciate that you're trying to improve this site. But you always seem to go about it in a very strange manner.

kylben said...

The total views and summary info is important to me, too, but the most important thing is being able to see *all* the videos from the channels I subscribe to in one place. As it is now, I miss a lot of videos that are very important to me, and it is completely impractical to search each channel individually. Without this, the value of subscribing is eliminated, and the notion of community in YouTube is fatally undermined.

**This is a make-or-break issue for the long-term success of YouTube**

cwh1342 said...

Youtube is now less user-friendly...

metebelis said...

Bring back Total Views. I have been watching mine for a year. My Total reached 121,000 and then disappeared and my enthusiasm for the site disappeared as well. I fact I think you should develop a stats page for those of us who upload so that we can see in more detail how each video is performing. The new page layout looks good but YouTube should remember we upload our videos for our benifit not for YouTubes.

FantasticBabblings said...

When I view my subscriptions I see only ten recent videos. I am missing the overwhelming majority of the videos my friends produce because I don't know they are there. Surely you don't expect everyday for me to comb through every channel I am subscribed to? That is about as dumb as it can get. This must have been a mistake. If you made this change deliberately, please give us some reasoning. Nobody likes it! In addition to not being able to view friends' vids, my most recent post received about one-fourth of the views I normally get for a video because nobody of my 700+ subscribers knows it's there.

Please, please bring back the old view of video subscriptions. This is really ruining my YouTube experience, which I have loved for a long time.

einenrauchen said...

needless updates, total views gone... useless videos being watched WTF?????? and oh, very important: -Search results page ¿¿¿where are the categories???

einenrauchen said...

needless updates, total views gone... useless videos being watched WTF?????? and oh, very important: -Search results page ¿¿¿where are the categories???

MattHawes said...

Stop screwing up everything to tweak things that are more cosmetic changes than anything. For the first time in, well, since the site started, YT was running smoothly for almost two months. Now, it's back to having stupid glitches and errors. Why not warn us when you do make changes, and let us know what will be screwed up and for how long? (continued to to stupid character limits)...

MattHawes said...

Give us back the old subscription lists, where we can see ALL our subscribed videos from the past year. And I noticed this morning that I was put in "time out" after commenting more than three times, again! I thought that YT found a solution for that? Why happened? Look at the comments below from other users; I am not alone in my frustrations!

masterv32308 said...

why cant i upload some videos

omotn61 said...

I love to watch Whose line videos and Drew Carey Show videos. Lately, all you can pick up are those stupid videos with "juggies and tits and crappy language in the description. Why do thoes things have to show up on such good places? Can't you fix it so they don't so we people who just want some plain good comedy can find it?

b2c3d4f5 said...

Please bring back the "subscription favorites" to my subscriptions page. I personally do not upload videos, and I have several friends who don't either. My friends have similar taste in videos, and I would like to see what they are saving as their favorities. Why was this taken off?? Please leave well enough alone!!

onlyed87 said...

Helpful hint: If you type all in caps, use lots of exclamation points, exhibit poor grammar and swear a lot, you're more likely to be listened to. Really! This friendly message brought to you by Only Ed and The Almost. Toodles!

CarDude675 said...

Onlyed, if that post you left was a swipe at the message that I left earlier...my grammar was perfectly fine...and if you read through some of the other messages left on here, you'd be aware that youtube is falling apart and that some of us are entitled to be mad. You have naked female mannequins as wallpaper on your YT channel. Maybe you should go easy on the lectures all things considered, bro. Just because you haven't had any problems with YT doesn't mean the rest of us should just not say anything.

wuxiandis said...

Bring back the total views.

I don't care about the other improvements.

Why would you eliminate it?

And with no explanation or aplogy to boot.

Mainyard48 said...

I have to agree with the vast majority of comments here. Bring back the "Total Views" and fix the "Your Subscriptions" section.

stellastewart said...

i would really appreciate it if you bring the total view counter back
thank you

RetroSurferNews said...

Bring back Total VIEWS!!!!! PLEAAAASSSE!!!!!!! AND LESS COSMETIC CHANGESS!

Binnenwater said...

YouTube, I don't like the way you develop yourself.
You may earn your bucks with our videos, but keep
those creative webguys in your team under control.
Don't mess with the layout of your website with OUR videos.
Better work on the quality of the videos that
are uploaded to you. The way YouTube encodes
the uploads destroys the quality of video and audio.
BTW: Youtube has a totally non interest in Europe.
Always featuring local videos. Always American
webcam-heads with urgent messages to the world.
I am not sure I remain interested in parking my
videos at YouTube. WHERE IS THE TOTAL-COUNT
FOR ALL MY VIDEOS. What a stupid decision!

erwyne said...

Remixer.
Does anyone know how to add music to your video using the remixer? I am getting no music song options to add to my video. I'm trying to upload a song, that isn't working and using audioswap only lets you choose THEIR songs.

rslitman said...

I see that the number of results on a page in List View is back to 20. Thanks for listening to us. Can we please have the tags back, too? I am only a video viewer, not an uploader, at least at this time.

falterichone said...

hello from germany,
1.
i recognize that you(or google) buy the german domain youtube.de and some other websites speculate about a german youtube...PLEASE DONT DO THAT! Better would be a more international youtube, i totally agree with Binnenwater.
2.do something against spammers
3.the new design is much better, thanks now i can sort videos by language
4.do something against racist, there are about 834548256 racist channels here on youtube

-FalteRichOne ;)

onlyed87 said...

cardude: Lighten up (duuude). I reserve the right to post satirical comments in this--the only--public forum at YouTube. Please don't take it personally. One (at least I) just can't resist taking a swipe at all the illiterate (foreigners exempt) posters here who have a comedic sense of entitlement. Maybe it's a comment on the American system of public education. And maybe I've just had one-too-many Johnnie Walkers. Peace be upon you!

sirstabulous said...

what about narrowing down the searches you know like, music,news,etc.??? how do we do that??

MarkusHobelsberger said...

Thanks for resetting the number of search results to 20! But now, please, bring back the tags and the total video view-counter!

laurastewart09 said...

I actually hate it....

Chrisakacloud said...

Can we have a thing which will let us search for users on youtube cause i can't find my friends on youtube >:( and this will make it so much easier

kylben said...

I too canot upload with Firefox. Tried it on two different computers. I had to switch to IE to upload anything. Eeeewwwww!

CyanRoad said...

whats up with my "new videos" (subscriptions) - it now only lists the latest 10 - whats up with that!?! I want all my "new vids" listed if I miss a day or two of the net...

sephiroth1695 said...

WTF you took out the refine by catagory thing. This just makes it more annoying, oh and stop deleting sll the anime!

yaffle said...

Still haven't fixed the subscriptions yet then...

mofosstolemyusername said...

What the hell has happened to the new subscribed videos? They're the only videos I watch on youtube, and now I'm missing out on practically all of them!!!!!! It only shows up the 10 newest (sometimes even less than that), I have loads of subscriptions, and there usually 30-40 new videos a day so with the changes you've made I have no way of finding new videos without going though all 200 of my subscriptions!!

FIX IT YOUTUBE!!!!

I thank you kindly :D

NoPlaceToRest said...

kylben: I just uploaded a video with Firefox 2.0.0.4, it worked fine. What kind of error message do you get? - About the Remixer: I guess adding music isn't implemented yet. But even though it's beta, there should be a note somewhere informing people that you cannot yet save your remixes (the compiling completes fine, but then the video is nowhere to be found).

Pizzscn said...

On your new watch page, there isn't any honors or links sections...

TVGuy88 said...

PLEASE bring back the total views count... I was keeping a history of that.

LiberalViewer said...

I always appreciate YouTube trying to give us cool new features. I havent had time to really use the remixer. I DO really like the new search features, the bigger alerts on the home page, and the bigger player on the new watch page. Here are a couple problems:

1) Only showing 10 of the videos from my subscriptions is a MAJOR detriment to my YouTube experience. PLEASE FIX ASAP. I notice many other comments in agreement

2) Where did the counter go that showed the total number of views from my videos? It used to be on the homepage, but now it's gone. I'd like that back, if possible, please.

Thx 4 working to keep YouTube cool :-)

kylben said...

I just posted a video petition about the subscription page. I hope to get a lot of people to either post a short video response, or leave a comment supporting bringing back the old page. Click on my name and it'll be the first video there. Spread the word, and lets make sure YouTube knows how important this is.

NoPlaceToRest, I have the old FF version 1.5. I know, I know, I should upgrade it already. The last video I uploaded a couple of weeks ago worked fine.

violettfem said...

Are you working on that subscription main page? We are all missing our subscriptions and really getting annoyed. No one cares about the flash videos on the front page, or the active sharing or the beta page.

We are all losing touch w/ our friends and community. I think that's more important then what everyone agrees are some pretty lame updates to the site.

violettfem said...

Are you working on that subscription main page? We are all missing our subscriptions and really getting annoyed. No one cares about the flash videos on the front page, or the active sharing or the beta page.

We are all losing touch w/ our friends and community. I think that's more important then what everyone agrees are some pretty lame updates to the site.

WiiStream said...

All the additions are good, but PLEASE, do NOT go ahead with the redesign of the Watch page.

I like the simplified bits underneath the video and the larger player, but the video description should always be to the right of the vid, at the top.

CryWolf9 said...

I really don't have any complaints about the new changes. Though I admit i'm still used to the previous looks and layout. Also, is it true all anime videos are being deleted? If so, I hope it doesn't continue. Many good videos consist of anime, and i am in the middle of making a few anime videos. Please don't delete them. Thank you.

owenbigpinekey said...

BRING BACK THE SUBSCRPTION PAGE PLEASE

mbarryscott said...

this youtube battle will tube da juice baby for real i mean that i mean for real i mean that tubers

owenbigpinekey said...

I do like the new changes except 1. why can we view only 10 of the newest subscriber videos. people like myself who have hundreds of subscrptions have to go through each one now to see if anyone made a new video. please cant we go back to the old way. very upset about this and hope it changes soon

GiullarediDio said...

Fix the subscriptions feature; it was fine before.

cuddlesdead said...

PLEASE!!!! DONT GET RID OF ALL THE ANIME VIDEOS

GiullarediDio said...

Fix the subscriptions feature; it was fine before.

girlganja said...

Regarding the new limitations on subscriptions: IT SUCKS.

inneedoftherapie said...

The new beta version for videos is nice really like the larger viewer. Though like others on here I really would like to be able to see all of my new subscription videos not only 10. I have missed so many new videos because of this. And the counter for total videos viewed really needs to come back.

falterichone said...

many members use software to send automated friend requests, and automated subscriptions, do something against that. im an uploader, if you dont fix this problem, i will have to do the same, but i think that is not sense of youtube!!??!

PrincessDiana161 said...

For Christ Sake Fix the Subscription part of the homepage!!!

likenfreude said...

The new "ten video" limit on the subscription page is a TERRIBLE idea. It is antithetical to the kind of community that many of us come to YouTube for.

MyTVSet said...

Limitations. Nope. LOOK HERE

RabidApe said...

FIX THE SUBSCRIPTION section!!!!

this 10 video limit BLOWS!!!!!!!!!!

13thDimension said...

Please Fix the subscriptions feature, It was fine before.
It is very difficult to see the new videos of the channels one subscribes to, especially if one has a great deal of subscriptions like myself. All that shows up on the “my subscriptions” page is the videos that were posted only in the last 1-2 hours (half of which can not even be viewed because they are still processing.) This change makes it very difficult and time consuming to painstaking to visit each and every subscription looking for newly loaded videos in the last day or so.

snappersuperbank said...

bring back the total view count, this is a really important feature to those of us who upload daily, i can't believe you took it away!!!!!!!!!!!!

withanoxgoad said...

change the fact that we can only see 10 videos on the subscriptions. and that is stupid!!!! STUPID!!!

GalacticAtom said...

The ten-video limit on the subscription is ridiculous! Please undo it.

jlh04 said...

keep this here ok

goldhat3 said...

Where is the total video views count that used to be on the home page when you logged in? It is not on the account page either.

websnarf said...

This 10 view video limit is intolerable. I have 350 subscriptions, and I have them *all* for a reason. Your other features bore me, and I truly have no interest in them. I would please ask you to simply roll back the changes or at least fix the 10 view limit as I feel it damages my experience here immensely.

protheory said...

Thanks for everything as usual YouTube :)

My only comment here is that maybe you guys should post a blog regarding the most mentioned comments or something. Just to show that you care about total views and subscriptions specifically for example. I know this seems obvious and I'm sorry but I really think a little real feedback or comment from YouTube would be good for customer relations.

I can't help but think that if folks see changes they don't like or the site's slow they'll tend to assume the worst, unless there's some communication from you. Even just a little note from you like Tom leaves about updates/changes on MySpace would really go a long way.

Peace.

Pro.

reppinuk247 said...

HI U TUBE...JUST WONDERIN WHY I HAVE REMIXED 2 VID WITH YOUTUBE REMIXER PUBLISHED THEM...AND IVE NEVER SEEN THEM AGAIN...THINK DER A PROBLEM WITH IT...EVEN SO I LIKED USIN IT NICE AND EASY TO USED .I WAS JUS BIT ANNOYED CUZ NW I CARNT B BOTHERD DO IT AGAIN!!!! :(

protheory said...

I like a lot of the changes. I used Audio Swap for example on one of my random clips and I think it's a really handy feature. It was much easier and quicker for me to use than WMM to dub the audio and there was no need for me to adjust the timing which I liked. I enjoy watching YouTube grow and develop every day and I'm pleased to be a part of it, teething problems and all ;)

protheory said...

I like the title of this blog "Broadcasting Ourselves ;)" Just thought it was a nice touch and it made me smile.

aries77pm said...

Please change the subscriptions' recent videos page, that 10 video limit seriously affects the way we use (and enjoy) this site. Put it back as it was before.

Jinxie228 said...

OMG .. I want to see all the videos from those I sub to in the "My Subscriptions" section. It only shows 7-10 videos now whereas before we could see multiple rows and pages. .. When I close out without watching I have to go hunt for the dang ones that aren't showing up. Please fix it!

srobot said...

Remove the "what people are watching", some of the videos are PR0N!!! Now I do not know if you can upload pr0n or not, but I think you should keep it where you have to search to see that bad stuff!!! Pr0n is "not quite porn"!!!! BAD STUFF!!!

Blinkazoid said...

All those changes are well and good but please, please, please, please, before you spend one single manhour on ANYTHING else as far as new features, you NEED to fix the subscription page FIASCO. I'm sure you know most peoples subscription page is only showing at most 10 videos. In other words the subscription page is about as close to useless right now as you can come to useless. So fix it guys..... OK!!! Drop everything else your doing. Put every single person you have at your disposal and FIX THIS. It's the single most important thing you can do right now.

MGABBYB said...

I, along with many other YouTubers, am not happy with the new subscription video feature. Your solution is that I should log onto YT several times a day, so that I don’t miss any videos. Actually, it is more than several times a day. When I check for ‘new videos’ after about 10 minutes, the videos that were there before are all gone. And, if I can’t log in several times a day, I need to go to over 800 individual channels to see if they put out a new video. I am very annoyed. Who thought of this, and why? I can understand if a user only subscribes to a couple of channels, and is happy with this. But, most subscribe to many channels. I really wish you would change it back to the way it was. Or, how about this idea? Let the user chose how they would like to see them, maybe see 1, 3, 5, or 20 pages. Or, a choice of seeing new videos that are 1day old, 1 week old, etc… There are many videos floating around by unhappy YT users. Please view them and do something to reverse this bad decision that was made. This change is definitely not for the better…

Mary

keybdwizrd said...

PLEASE put the total view count back, somewhere. Why would you take that away? ARGH.

srobot said...

Remove the "what people are watching", some of the videos are PR0N!!! Now I do not know if you can upload pr0n or not, but I think you should keep it where you have to search to see that bad stuff!!! Pr0n is "not quite porn"!!!! BAD STUFF!!!

Septumtusk said...

The new recent video page is not-acceptable.
What we needed is the old system together with some dynamic folder/tag system so that we can get some order into our 100+ subscriptions.

narfage said...

I would like you to fix the bug with only seeing 10 videos in the subscribed video box. This is not working for anyone I know and it too limited.

AS well why can't I see my total views anymore? why did you take that information away?

On the beta-viewing page, there is no more post video. I post mine to my blog and want it to stay that way.

narfage said...

Why does the videos watched count in ones profile not count correctly. this would be nice to have fixed.

crabapplestudio said...

REMIX DOES NOT WORK> I HAVE DONE THIS 4 TIMES AND NOTHING! AAUUURGH VERY FRUSTRATED

MIGT7 said...

i like the old version of "Youtube" you should only make changes on the graphics thats all. everything was ok. i dont like what people are watching...

KOHPelord said...

All I see in the 'real-time' thumbnails are Simpsons, Family Guy, and stick fighting over and over. And the occasional videos that are already featured on the director sidebars. It should be more randomized.

Gemm73 said...

I do not enjoy the fact that I cannot see vids from all of my subscriptions save for the last couple posted. I have missed so many videos because of this new feature. Is there any way to bring back the old functionality of allowing all of your subscription vids to come up on the Subscription page? Many thanks!!

moistguitars said...

I really miss the total views, It was the quickest way to keep track of things

onpu536 said...

y are you taking off anime

bwite said...

Maybe you should get your engineers and product people to put it back the way it was. This new layout fuckin sucks.

ChicagoKid1969 said...

TOTAL VIEWS!!!! Bring it back. Stop screwing around with everything. Stop paying people to fuck up this place. It was just fine. You could better focus your energies in other places. Your "improvements" completely suck. R U listening?!?!?!?

LiberalViewer said...

Hey, Thanks for fixing the subscriptions!

But FYI, at about the same time I noticed the subscriptions were fixed I also noticed a NEW BUG: The videos on the "my_videos" page are no longer in chronological order. I can't figure out what order theyre in...

Thx again 4 fixing the subscription bug :-)

CountryComesToTown said...

Thank You! We've screamed and yelled about the subscription bug so it's only fair to send you a great big thank you for fixing it! -jim

CountryComesToTown said...

Thank You! We've screamed and yelled about the subscription bug so it's only fair to send you a great big thank you for fixing it! -jim

FantasticBabblings said...

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! YouTube often has a problem communicating to and responding to users, but in this case you have come through with flying colors. The subscription page is fixed and I am happy. I know many more will be too. Thanks for caring and responding. Your stock his risen (at least in my heart).

majestia19 said...

Please put "my videos" back in posted order as opposed to alphabetical order, or at least give us a choice. I really don't like them in alphabetical order.
Thank you

TVGuy88 said...

Yep, I noticed the My Videos order is messed up now... thanks for bringing back the subscriptions, I still want the total video views count back, and ditch the "videos currently being watched" thing. It's pointless and who cares.

FlamingRuby said...

Thanks so much for fixing the subscription problem, but now my videos and playlists are all out of order...

kylben said...

THANK YOU. I'm very glad you fixed it, kudos for getting on it. I just wish you had communicated better.

But...

Now the videos on the "my videos" page are sorted... alphabetically?!?!? Please tell me there's a setting to change that back. So, when I have enough videos to fill more than a page, I'll have to scroll, or click through pages to find my most recent video, the one that is getting the most activity? You guys really don't seem to understand how your users use your site.

Can't you just give us a breather for a few days? And maybe give us some heads up on new changes so we can let you know how it will affect us?

alltvmas said...

why "My Videos are being reorganize back...I want the old My Videos where my recent upload are at the top of the list...and please remove "Videos Being Watched Now"...so not suitable for underage, now Google and YouTube approve for that kind of Video?. I think I love the old YouTube much better...now is like SUCKS!

thesonicguy said...

Ha your new youtube page is crashing my computer "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." Can you fix it?

mofosstolemyusername said...

thanks for fixing the subscriptions :D

majestia19 said...

I don't like the videos currently being watched bar. It's all vidsos that we can find anyways on the most viewed page. And a lot of the center shots are inappropriate or something I certainly don't want my children clicking on.
Thank you

FantasticBabblings said...

Ok. My thank you still holds, but I'm with everybody else on the order. They used to be chronological with most recent first. Now they seem to be alphabetical which makes no sense.

LiberalViewer said...

PS I figured out the the order of the vids with the NEW BUG:

The videos are in ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY TITLE within each page of the "My Videos" and "Favorites" pages, though page 1 still has all newer vids than page 2, etc

Thx again for working on this :-)

kylben said...

Guys, I don't want to pile on, I really don't. But have you looked at some of those videos that are positioned in the single most prominent position on the homepage? They're more prominent than the videos you've decided to feature, but would you really be comfortable featuring things like "Reno 9-11 Bares All", or "Walk it out - EXPLICIT"? That's the kin of stuff I can go to Metacafe, Break, or LiveLeak for, I don't need it on YT. Your new features may sound great on paper, but they need more thought and discussion before rolling them out to everyone.

Munzlat said...

I'm not sure if this is under the right post but it said site update and this is the closest I could come to something of my problem to relate too. My computer with the actual files of my AMV's I have made has crashed and lost everything. Could i somehow retrieve my videos from your server so I can have the files again?

Jeffrey6978 said...

The subscriptions bar is still not totally back to the way it was, before you could go back over a year, now it only let's me go back about three days...

KuroiKaminari said...

Hey, fix the subscription thing, I want to see all of them, not just 10!

Lilly50390 said...

I don't like the "videos being watched right now" section. A lot of the videos that show up are inappropriate for younger users. Also I prefer the old watch page. The new one looks very untidy.

glowgirls said...

BRING BACK "VIDEO VIEWS" COUNTER
================================

websnarf said...

Thank you YT for fixing the subscriptions thing. Its working again; at least it is for me.

websnarf said...

Thank you YT for fixing the subscriptions thing. Its working again; at least it is for me.

Now as to the "who's watching what now" thing on the front page, its a *SEVERE* CPU hog, and I have no interest in borderline porn or random copyrighted material. So I say thumbs down to that.

As to the Geotagging; how is this not just encouraging stalkers?

UB40Lover said...

PLEASE PUT OURS VIDEOS IN ORDER..when we are going to see "My videos"..its a completly mess....they should be by date order...and i dont like the new graphics when we are searching videos..put the videos on the CENTER of the screen...and give us the chance to organize our all videos in the way we want and not just the first 9 of them...by the way..where is the "personal site" option?

Thanks

slorge said...

On the upside, thanks for fixing the subscription page!!

On the downside, I tried the "remixer" and the video showed up in a new playlist "My remixed videos" but when I checked it, it said the following:
Added: June 16, 2007, 10:20 PM
Broadcast: Public Video | Failed (invalid file format)
Raw File: vidcamcap.flv

Also, I believe the real time "what people are watching" should be monitored better, there is some inappropriate stuff in it right now.

Also, it seems each page of "My Videos" is in alphabetical order instead of arranged by date added. Please fix this.

cardice13 said...

my total views are gone =[
i want them back please

vocabb said...

I cannot access any videos on Lax.youtube.com, The videos won't load at all. Please look into this. Thank you.

positivesue said...

Apologies for the extras posts...don't know what happened there!

positivesue said...

I, like MANY others do not like the fact that only 10 of the latest videos show up from people I subscribe to. If you only usb to a handful of people it is no problem, but most of us sub to quite a few, and if some of them make lots of videos we will miss them unless we go in search of them. Please go back to the old way. Thank you

BradRy2 said...

Well I'm glad for some of he changes. But I miss the youtube stream option. I hope you bring it back at some point in the future. I still have that problem that some of the old videos and even new videos I can't watch.

TheSwordUser said...

As the most of people here, i am the most concerned about bringing back stats on home page (Mainly TOTAL views).
Also, please revive STREAMING option...

Schroeder182 said...

Before I log on to the computer(on a phone right now) to see any actual problems, I want to thank you guys most for bringing normal subscription view up.

Alto1982 said...

do youtube actually read this?

f said...

we cant find anywhere to find the stream homepage thing with the streams, link to streams please for everyone somewhere? ty.

f said...

oh i found it, its in the testtube section, i just couldnt find it a while back. never mindabout the other message


the changes are good anyway

MarkusHobelsberger said...

Hey! Why did you make a mess of the my videos and playlist sections? I want back the cronological order in my videos and the by me arranged order in my playlists!!! No one can work with this mess!

MarkusHobelsberger said...

And bring back the total views counter! I need it!

SicAnton said...

And again: TOTAL VIEWS! PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!! PLEASE!!!!!

lethbptl said...

What happened to my videos watched counter? It's nice that you guys are trying to stay up to date, but damn give me back my total numbers and please have them archived so i don't have to start from zero again.......thanks

CupidStunts said...

Your new front page is causing my browser to crash frequently. Those video thumbnails at the top of the page might be the problem, but i'm not sure...

"Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

CupidStunts said...

Your new front page is causing my browser to crash frequently. Those video thumbnails at the top of the page might be the problem, but i'm not sure...

"Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

KKKGroup said...

I need the Total views too!! Please do something about it.

TonyDi said...

Surely it wasn't an intended change to remove the function whereby we can view page after page of all unviewed videos by those to whom we subscribe instead of just 10 or less. PLEASE for God's sake and ours, put it back the way it was and quit trying to make changes nobody could care less about..like those fancy animated videos at the top of the page...WHO CARES? Crickey! PLEASE fix the subscriber previously unviewed video function.

Erc20221 said...

Glad you all fixed the subscriptions! :-) I love the improvements you've all made... with exception of the order of my videos in "my videos". That's a little odd. At first I freaked out and thought some where deleted. lol

mymusic95 said...

youtube is now even more gr8

MmeHazel said...

Playlist ordering is out of whack. Please fix!

vasi1939 said...

It's going to be hard to pick from Connie and the Oprah singer, but Connie has lots of time....THE OPRAH SINGER SHOULD GET IT BY FAR.....

onlyed87 said...

Lots of bugs and viruses appearing. Time to call Orkin!

Bananaishness said...

Has anyone noticed that the searching within categories fuction doesn't work anymore on Youtube? Since they redisigned the look of the site I mean.

srobot said...

*+++YouYube, I real do hate to say this, but if you do not remove the "what people are watching", in the next 10 days, I'm going to some other video sharing site that does not have any thing like that.+++*
*+++Put the "total veiws" back up+++*

*+++Maybe you should have beta testers first+++*

*+++This is NOT a hate letter, it is just a "we liked it before" letter+++*

*+++Now with that over, does any body know of a good free hosting site where they care about you?+++*

--srobot

*+++BTW - If any body is thinking the same thing, say it. You may copy and past it even+++*

Bananaishness said...

Has anyone noticed that the searching within categories fuction doesn't work anymore on Youtube? Since they redisigned the look of the site I mean.

duriano said...

First of all, PLEASE bring back the total views counter.
Secondly, yeah, that's what the young kids need when they come to your front page, shots of booties and boobs. For heaven's sake, what were you guys thinking?
Your new animated "Videos Being Watched Right Now" is offensive and, ultimately, worthless. Get rid of it!

Bananaishness said...

Has anyone noticed that the searching within categories fuction doesn't work anymore on Youtube? Since they redisigned the look of the site I mean.

VPR5703 said...

PLEASE put the category search funcion back in! I tried to find videos from the band Tantric but got "Tantric Sex" instead. this is annoying to sort through the junk to find a few things. Category search is what made YouTube different from Google Video, now they are the same. Please YT, put it back!

Bananaishness said...

I did not post that last comment 3 times. Sorry it came up that way.

Bananaishness said...

Listen to VPR5703. That person knows what they are talking about!!!

MarkusHobelsberger said...

1) I can't see any system of order in the my videos section. That's sick! Please switch it back to chronological order or give us at least some options (e.g. chronologic, view count, rating...).

MarkusHobelsberger said...

And finally 5) Get rid of the "videos watched right now"-animation at the homepage! It's completely useless!!!

MarkusHobelsberger said...

4) Bring back the total views counter! If you have many videos (like me), you can't sum up the views all the time!

MarkusHobelsberger said...

3) Bring the categories back to the search and display the tags on the result page. This was one of the best features at YouTube.

MarkusHobelsberger said...

2) The alphabetical order in the playlist section is annoying, too! Why are you changing these things, though there are no problems?!?

CarDude675 said...

Is anyone still having problems with videos getting stuck on the loading screen?? It's been over a week now and it's still happening. If anyone has any ideas on how to get thru to youtube and get some kind of REAL response and/or resolution to this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

crabapplestudio said...

The only reason a large company changes something is to advance their agenda. It is my guess that YouoogleTube wishes to continue to promote the "Partners" and thus by changing the way we see the site, under the cloak of , we are doing this for you, they can increase their control. I think they simply want single videos that produce high numbers more than they want viewers to become fans of one site.

crabapplestudio said...

Continued.. so by eliminating the the total, as in my case, where combined views for all videos reached over 100,000 on the crabapplestudio site, and 30,000 on the dantraveling or dmccoig site. They can justify picking and choosing the content that is directed at the target audience, which I would just guess is Young men 18-34. Just look at the features and the partners they pick.. or maybe its simply that the people picking are all 18-34 and therefore .. so anyway there is a reason for changes, and my guess is it follows the money somewhere? There is a reason for removing the view counts, and it is after all a giant company now and it is starting to show.

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