YouTube new redesign features

YouTube has gone through a complete redesign with a view to keep all of us watching longer. There is also a lot more interactivity and sharing options. Most of what you used to see on the left of the video has now been moved below the video.

You can also share a video now with a single click on Facebook. Twitter, Myspace, Orkut, StumbleUpon, LiveSpaces, Hi5 And Bebo. You can also share by email.

For those of you who use the embedding options which used to be on the right. It is now found below the video.

With regards to user comments. The comment with the highest rating is now featured prominently above all the other comments.

Additional information about the video is also consolidated below the video. This is a very subtle change but noticeable for long time YouTube users.

You will no more see the five stars rating system on YouTube. You now have only two buttons like with a thumbs up and another button with a thumbs down. The logic being that when the five stars were around people still clicked only on 1 or 5. So either you like it or you don't.

Name of the person's channel is now directly above the video and a drop down button to show you other videos uploaded by the user.

There is also better search integration. Depending on how you found the video, did you come via a search query, playlist or recommendation. So if you arrived via a search query the videos suggested on the right are the other results you could have clicked on. Of you found the video via a playlist or recommended video. The videos featured on the right are similar in nature. YouTube wants their video search to work smarter.

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