YouTube is testing a new design that you'll probably hate instantly

A selection of YouTube viewers have recently noticed there's a little something different with the look of the website.

A selection of YouTube viewers have recently noticed there's a little something different with the look of the website.

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If video suggestions get more space to show their title, that’s good. If they could also show their date of publication, that would be perfect.

The most annoying thing of the new design is the bs merch blocking a significant part of the comments section. But I hope there's gonna be a ublock filter for this too
- Agreed! I love this new layout, but would need to figure out how to block that little bit.

My prediction is that everyone will hate it but YT will go ahead with it anyway.

I'm gonna go against the grain and say this is the only change I've seen them make in a long time that I'm glad to see. I often read comments while watching the video, especially now that dislikes are gone to quickly tell if a video is real or not, or if there's anything else to be wary of. I never scroll video suggestions until after I'm done watching the video, to decide what to watch next. This layout just makes more sense for that.
- When I scroll down to the comments, a smaller version of the video already remains visible on top. Is this not a default youtube feature?

The design is so cluttered that it had me thinking something was broken. I don't what the design is meant to do besides maybe make you click on a video while still watching a video? Less comment engagement since they're no longer centered in a comfortable way which is great for scammy videos.

That does look like crap. I bet someone will make a browser addon that changes it back.

Doesn't sound particularly bothersome. It does leave a little less room for comments which can be pretty dense text especially compared to video thumbnails that.don't need as much room really but at least you can read and scroll at the same time as watch.

Just don't take away the option to fully use the width for the video and I don't care. I'm either viewing in full screen or with a browser window only showing the video.
On a side note: Why make comments more prominent? They have always been pretty bad, but last time I checked half of them were bots with softcore porn images. Don't think they have fixed that yet.

Actually I had it for about a month but they switched me back to the normal version. I did write them a strongly worded feedback, but I dont think it was because of that.

Those recommended thumbnails are real big! Does anyone want them that big? Description and comments on the side is good though.

All I want is for shorts to find its own home, and for search results to be relevant again.

Oh wow, I would love this! All the useful info is on the right where you can immediately see it instead of having to scroll down away from the video! Can we opt into this?

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