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YouTube Give In Over Embedded Video Player Update Controversial!

gspy.blogspot.com — After many people complaining that the new embedded video player is making it too easy for users to be distracted by related videos (as their display every time users hover over any parts of the video), YouTube has updated the player so that it only shows related video when users click on the 'menu' button.

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  • keithchan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2A good move towards listening to user feedback!
  • mtwang, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0makes sense. user-directed action is OK, but the mac osx doc metaphor did not really work in this context. break's embed player did it with a user menu/guide from the get go.
  • theafroguy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Good thing they changed it. The original design was horribly ugly and intrusive.

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