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YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design
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this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2025
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In their defense, I'm not sure I have ever seen a major UI redesign of some piece of software that the users of that software actually liked, at least at first. Inertia and muscle memory are powerful things.
exactly one comes to mind: blender
People hate two things the most: things changing and things staying the same.
Hence the reason why you make small gradual improvements over a long time. YT has been around a long time, and Google should know better.
Well the old Google development company would know better, the new Google advertising agency doesn't give a shit
How is that in their defense?? You reveal them for the gross imcompetents that, and almost all developpers are.
If foreign strangers impose changes on my motor cortex then my prescription is to give them flamethrower enemas.
Stop it, just stop it! Or else!
LOL, nailed it.
I'm still bitter about browsers removing backspace for previous page. How was that hard to maintain?!
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1336330
NICE! Now I've lost my muscle memory for that key, but I'm back (heh) baby!
The better UX could have been making this a regular option, and (by default) showing a warning dialogue if using backspace to navigate would clear out a form.
Haven't done much web UI, but I'm guessing that are too many way to skin the "form" cat to account for.
In any case, first time I've read any reasoning on removing it. Chrome killed it long ago and I was using an extension to re-enable it. Probably could have done as I just did in Firefox, fiddle with the config.
Form and input elements are a very standard thing, and while you can certainly do crazy stuff with it, even a simple check if you typed into an input/textarea, or changed a select without submitting the form element, should be sufficient.
I guess the problem might be detecting the submission (because oftentimes there's custom logic for that) but maybe better just display the warning than lose data. Worst case you'll just ignore it, best case the devs fix it so that it doesn't show up when it shouldn't.
I understand the reasoning, but I really wish Firefox had configurable keyboard shortcuts.
heck, everything should have configurable shortcuts. It's an accessibility feature with an obvious curb cut effect.
Please add your voice to these discussions
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/hotkeys-yes-please/m-p/86441/
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/customizable-hotkeys/idc-p/85695/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/shortkeys/
How very luddite of you
luddites were not anti progress, they were pro workers rights. today's usage of the word is insulting to their work.
Thank you, yes!