1 star for the ugly design. And how ironic it is for Android fan boys to complain about Apple's app when Google has been arrogantly ignoring iOS design guideline.
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YouTube iOS App Updated With New Design, In-App Editing Tools
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my iPad updated the app but its still the same design, this has to be on the server side because i had it on my iPhone before it updated.
The icon is ugly, but I really like how the video rotates to landscape on my 6s Plus. Looks very spiffy.
Usability on the iPad has definitely taken a step backwards. Particularly the user tab where you are looking for your viewing history and such, the layout wastes so much space.
I can only hope that since they've adopted this phone style layout that it means they're working on an auto layout version and a split view update is incoming.
I have a theory though, and I hope I'm wrong, that they'll never enable PiP because it will stop them being able to serve ads. Does anyone know if this is the case? I hope not cos I hate the damn custom player they use in this app.
I can only hope that since they've adopted this phone style layout that it means they're working on an auto layout version and a split view update is incoming.
I have a theory though, and I hope I'm wrong, that they'll never enable PiP because it will stop them being able to serve ads. Does anyone know if this is the case? I hope not cos I hate the damn custom player they use in this app.
That's strange. I've had the new Youtube app for a few weeks now. Can't remember exactly when it auto downloaded to my phone, but certainly a while before the new iPhones came out as its on my iPhone 6.
I wonder if it's being deployed staggered across different countries (I'm in the UK)?
I remember thinking at the time it was much harder to navigate and the UI was/is confusing and ugly.
I wonder if it's being deployed staggered across different countries (I'm in the UK)?
I remember thinking at the time it was much harder to navigate and the UI was/is confusing and ugly.
Updated the App. Opened it. Closed it. Deleted the App.
I got the new look this morning, before I actually installed the update. The assets must have been hidden inside the previous update.
I'm in the same boat! I've been dealing with this for a month so I'm shocked to see an article dated today saying this is new and everybody up in arms.
It may be more cohesive, even if I don't personally think so, this is still really poor design. The top bar on iPad takes up 15% of the screen when it needed 5%. That's just poor design.
Add that it lacks support for all new iOS 9 features and it's rather a silly release. Add none of the features users are asking for and make the design worse. Yeah, that's a 1 star rating in the making.
What's more odd is that I upgraded my iPhone 6s Plus YouTube app and it still looks the same as the prior version. Not a single drop of red. I went back to the App Store to make sure it was updated and it is. I still have PIP and everything is as it were before. My app has a new icon. But that's it!
Can someone explain what the hell is going on???
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After playing with it I come to one conclusion. There's only one thing about this version that improves on the old one. All my subscriptions finally show up in the list. No more does it cut them off after a certain amount and only go down to the Ps. But I wish I could organize them and have my most favorite channels (Of MY choosing. Not based on some stupid algorithm) at the top of the list. That's all I'd ask for so I can have my GameGrumps, LazyGameReviews, RedLetterMedia, PreRec, SuperBeardBros, NerdCubed, Continue?, JonTron, etc channels at the top.
Other than that, it is very imperfect. No PIP and 3D Touch at this point is a really bad move. They've had plenty of time to implement them. The red is very bright but I'll get used to it. Trying to pull to refresh while on a channel page is near impossible on my 5C. (I'd hate to have a 4S. You'd probably see one video at a time in the list.)
Other than that, it is very imperfect. No PIP and 3D Touch at this point is a really bad move. They've had plenty of time to implement them. The red is very bright but I'll get used to it. Trying to pull to refresh while on a channel page is near impossible on my 5C. (I'd hate to have a 4S. You'd probably see one video at a time in the list.)
This is probably related to why many of us were getting the update before it updated. There is something really funky going on here.
Anyone who's followed the development of the IOS app over the years surely didn't ever really expect them to support PiP... They don't even do that on Android, where it's equally possible (the Twitch app for Android does it, for example). It would require switching away from their custom video player widget to use Apple's standard player, and they just don't want to do that.
And it's not only the iOS 9 features... I wonder why they still don't use the native iOS share sheet. It really sucks not to be able to share to FB Messenger or WhatsApp by using their extensions. It's really odd since every other Google app does have support for extensions. This is actually the thing that annoys me most about the YouTube app.
This is really really bad, I am not sure what the developers were thinking on this one.
The same with me! I was using the app, everything was fine and then after a few minutes I came back, and the app was all different.
I miss the sidebar the most. Does anyone know, if the sidebar can be somehow reachable?
I'm glad we're all pretty much in agreement that this redesign sucks balls.
What I wanted from a YouTube update was increased functionality (like the ability to easily clear my watched videos, or easily add videos to my watch later playlist), not just some visual reorganising of things which just end up standing my YouTube workflow…
I hope there's a way to roll back this app to the previous version, but then it is Apple, so I'm guessing probably not…
What I wanted from a YouTube update was increased functionality (like the ability to easily clear my watched videos, or easily add videos to my watch later playlist), not just some visual reorganising of things which just end up standing my YouTube workflow…
I hope there's a way to roll back this app to the previous version, but then it is Apple, so I'm guessing probably not…
Question to video specialists:
When I upload a video clip via iPhone 6 (settings, camera: 1080p60) it goes fine with those 60 full pictures per second (this works since some weeks). When I edit some clips on iPhone 6 with iMovie and upload to YT then we'll have only 30fps. Why? Did I miss anything?
When I upload a video clip via iPhone 6 (settings, camera: 1080p60) it goes fine with those 60 full pictures per second (this works since some weeks). When I edit some clips on iPhone 6 with iMovie and upload to YT then we'll have only 30fps. Why? Did I miss anything?