It looks as though YouTube has gotten a small Web 2.0 makeover. As you can see in the before/after comparison above there are fewer tabs and they now have a glossy appearance to them (a.k.a. Web 2.0 style). Not only that but they brought the “Upload” link out of a tab and set it off to the side which makes it more prominent and easier for users to recognize.
I wonder if the person who did the nice graphics job is also the one that made the new maintenance page we were able to experience a few weeks back. I have to admit that was one of the best placeholders that I have ever seen for a website but the downtime was so brief that hardly anyone got the joy of seeing it.
I’m not a big YouTube user but I have looked around and haven’t noticed anything else that has changed. Have you noticed anything else different?
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About time.
YouTube was down there with Myspace in terms of being web 1.0ish.
It is coming, and it cannot be stopped…
I like the improvements. YouTube was starting to look kinda low-tech.
-Google’s corporate checklist
I wonder if the change was actually done because Google wanted them to do it or whether they just felt like it was time for a small refresh. It would be cool to see some interoperability though.