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Re: Feedback on New Bigger, Better Video Player

ThatFreakinRandy

I'm not a big fan of this. Mainly because 99% of my videos are 16:9,
and yet are still letterboxing. What would be great is if we got to
choose more options in the upload process. Like wheather or not we
wanted that video to play in the widescreen player, or if we wanted
the video to automatically crop or zoom into the full player (like on
the iPhone/iPod touch,) etc.

Another thing is that the YouTube pages look really awkward. If
anything, make the modules on the right of the page a little wider. It
looks very weird with the left really wide and the right very narrow.
Also, with the new page style, try applying it to every page. It's not
consise and is kind of strange.

On Nov 24, 9:55 pm, YouTube Timmy wrote:

> Over the years we've heard a lot of feedback from you about what you'd
> like to change about YouTube, and the size of our video player is
> always top of mind.  That's why today we're excited to announce a
> bigger YouTube player.

> We're expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect
> the quality of the videos you create and the screens that you use to
> watch them. This new, wider player is in a widescreen aspect ratio
> which we hope will provide you with a cleaner, more powerful viewing
> experience. And don't worry, your 4:3 aspect ratio videos will play
> just fine in this new player.

> As always, we welcome your feedback and encourage you to share your
> thoughts with us on this exciting, new change happening for all videos
> on YouTube.

> Have fun watching!
> The YouTube Team