YouTube Disdain
Im getting very sick of YouTube for several reasons:
1. Fastforwarding is hardly useful as it often will not stick to where my cursor is pointing. If I skip through a video or try to rewind back to a specific point, it can get really difficult and Ill end up watching 30 seconds of something over again just to get to where I want to be. Did I describe that right?
2. It seems so go down too often, which makes this site almost moot as most posts are made with YouTube.
3. The loading times are horrible. I feel like its quicker to upload a file to YouTube than actually watch it.
And to end on a good note, Ill have to complement YouTube on its great job at providing easy access to the best videos on the internet (and thanks to videosift for making it even easier to find those best videos)
1. Fastforwarding is hardly useful as it often will not stick to where my cursor is pointing. If I skip through a video or try to rewind back to a specific point, it can get really difficult and Ill end up watching 30 seconds of something over again just to get to where I want to be. Did I describe that right?
2. It seems so go down too often, which makes this site almost moot as most posts are made with YouTube.
3. The loading times are horrible. I feel like its quicker to upload a file to YouTube than actually watch it.
And to end on a good note, Ill have to complement YouTube on its great job at providing easy access to the best videos on the internet (and thanks to videosift for making it even easier to find those best videos)
10 Comments
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
I share your frustration Anliz. I think YouTube videos are made with Flash 7 which makes them more widely compatible with browsers, but perhaps not as smooth on the interface front.
Actually I'm not sure if that's the reason, more of a guess. YouTube have made a few improvements since launch. They now include the duration of the video in a counter, and give a "This Video No Longer Available" Message. They used to just hang.
antYeah, I don't like the fast forward issue either.
AnlizWhy is it that the returns I put into my submission were compacted? It made the post look like a big block of unappealing text.
James Roethe blog section is pure html based, you have to use < br > tags
AnlizI guess the "HTML is disabled" warning above the box turned me off to that idea
KrupoI much prefer google videos for the reasons you cited above.
Plus I like to be able to download vids when they please me.
AnlizYou use Mozilla Firefox right? There is a way to download YouTube videos and other flash sites.
Edit: Check out https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/ for the extension. Its not working too nicely for me but I think its because YouTube is being slow
James RoeThat html disabled note only appears on commenting, we strip html out of comments. However, the blog section is a full blown html compatible section.
joedirtWait until Congress passes their anti-Net Neutrality crap. Then you'll see a slow YouTube. Of course, you can always go over to Yahoo Videos and get speedy results. Don't worry, the internet will forget about YouTube in about two months.
daphneYa, I wish there was another option. Video Share sites are out there, but they either require you to download a client to watch full videos (ick) or they don't have the community features that YT has.
Honestly, the only reason YT is the most used is because of all the free publicity. And the wackos. If other Video Share sites would court "stars" and beef up the community, people would leave YT in a heartbeat.
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