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YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design
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this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2025
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Looks like UI from like 2005 lol.
No it doesn't, not enough gradients
As long as I can still use the J/K/L keys to play/pause and scrub, I see no issues here. People bitching just to bitch.
That said, I do not enjoy the new "everything is bigger" view on YouTube's home page that was clearly designed for mobile. But that can be fixed easily, so it's a non-issue.
What’s wrong with it?
Seems fine.
Looks fine, bahaves poorly
How?
This is my experience of trying to use the new volume slider on firefox
😆 That must surely be a bug, indeed! I'm glad the interface hasn't activated yet for me so I can get a more polished interface when it rolls out. Hopefully...
It looks quite nice actually
Thanks, but it won't really affect me. I only use
Freetubewhen I want to access YoutubeI use Freetube, but it's currently not playing any videos for me.
Always use the up-to-date version.
Whenever there's consistent playback issues there's usually an update on the horizon. Just have to be patient.
ETA: I'm watching videos on
Freetuberight now. It's working just fine.I have 3 PCs running endeavouros, the other 2 updated freetube fine, but my main one has issues, even after uninstalling/reinstalling/updating to beta. I can open videos externally with mpv, but nothing will play on freetube itself.
Wish I could help you figure that out, but I'm a total linux noob. The EndeavourOS forums would be a good place to start though.