Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?

[SpiritWarrior]

Originally Posted by Ziroc I think the Google CEO's get bored or something and decide to 'make it new and improved' (That is a keyword for SHIT!). And comments don't have a spacer line.. just all together like crap. blah.. whoever designed--er, undesigned it needs a quick beating...

Aye and comments aren't dated until you hover on them. It seems really "dumbed down" or something. The throttling is horrible as hell - absolutely horrible. I cannot watch anything without seeing that stupid buffering shit come up. It sux because such practices don't let you take advantage of high bandwidth speeds, Regardless of your connection you're forced to view it on their terms. It hasn't killed Youtube, but it is certainly a blow. I am hoping this is a testing period of some kind and after all the negative feedback, they will revert back or at least tweak and optimize it.

[wellard]

Glad every one else is having the same problem with you tube because i thought it was just me.

Yep I agree with everyone else about google. Whoever signed off on those changes should be sacked.

[Sever]

Originally Posted by Wolf Rider2 I've just been on Google. What is going on? It looks so strange! It actually seems hard to navigate around it now. What was wrong with it before? Why are people needlessly changing things that work fine as they are? Sigh...........................................

Originally Posted by Ziroc I think the Google CEO's get bored or something and decide to 'make it new and improved' (That is a keyword for SHIT!). And comments don't have a spacer line.. just all together like crap. blah.. whoever designed--er, undesigned it needs a quick beating...

Sometimes when something changes or "updates" needlessly, it's because one or more people had to justify their salary. Unlikely that beatings will ensue. They'll prolly get a pay rise.

As for youtube, i'm still using IE7 which has been unsupported for a while. I'm not noticing any reduced DL speeds, but it becomes difficult to navigate after 1 or 2 pages, with links and options disappearing with each new page.