YouTube has been cranking video quality in recent months, offering a larger screen and HD options for visitors who want a more in-depth experience. However, not all of us have that luxury on our netbooks, where high quality video can look more like a slideshow than anything else.
On the YouTube blog, the site showed that it got the problem:
"A consequence of rolling out higher quality video, HD and, more recently, 1080p, is that playbacks might suffer if bandwidth or computer processing power is low."
For this reason, YouTube has launched a beta of the all new YouTube Feather, which ditches much of the screen clutter and simplifies the UI for more streamlined use. Video quality is dropped to standard only and only the ten most recent comments are displayed. You can sign up for the beta with your YouTube account now, though in the near future you may not need to.
"There are also a few countries where bandwidth is at a premium and videos can take several seconds to start playing. If we see adoption go up along with improvements in latency, we'll look to roll this out of TestTube and make it more widely available."
Amen to that.
Via PCPro.
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