Has anyone else noticed that YouTube has hidden the "skip to next video" button in a bunch of contexts?
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Has anyone else noticed that YouTube has hidden the "skip to next video" button in a bunch of contexts? (in the mini player on desktop, in the big player for the first 30 seconds of the video?)
I'm so sick of updates to UI that clearly aren't about the user and instead are trying to get the user to consume content the way that the company wants.
Adversarial design.
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Has anyone else noticed that YouTube has hidden the "skip to next video" button in a bunch of contexts? (in the mini player on desktop, in the big player for the first 30 seconds of the video?)
I'm so sick of updates to UI that clearly aren't about the user and instead are trying to get the user to consume content the way that the company wants.
Adversarial design.
@futurebird They've changed a number of things with desktop UI. New icons and animations. When browser view in theater mode is sized smaller they put large thumbs where comments normally are. Also seems to resize a bit to fit non-landscape videos. But I'm never sure. "Did I hit some weird options button?”
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@futurebird They've changed a number of things with desktop UI. New icons and animations. When browser view in theater mode is sized smaller they put large thumbs where comments normally are. Also seems to resize a bit to fit non-landscape videos. But I'm never sure. "Did I hit some weird options button?”
There is UI (User Interface)
Then there is UCI (User Control Interface)I know it's possible to make UI so perfect that you forget it is there. Maybe that's why we get punished. We don't celebrate what works because ... the best UI is not something anyone ever talks about.
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Has anyone else noticed that YouTube has hidden the "skip to next video" button in a bunch of contexts? (in the mini player on desktop, in the big player for the first 30 seconds of the video?)
I'm so sick of updates to UI that clearly aren't about the user and instead are trying to get the user to consume content the way that the company wants.
Adversarial design.
@futurebird I don't think I've ever pressed the "next video" button intentionally, but that is so blatantly anti-user
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@futurebird I don't think I've ever pressed the "next video" button intentionally, but that is so blatantly anti-user
I curate my videos by choosing them all and putting them on a playlist. Then I let it play. But I will OFTEN hit that button if a video isn't what I expected, or if it has a long out-tro etc.
I didn't realize I used it so often and now I'm grumpy.
