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I don't think you're an odd one. YT has many disadvantages compared to written instructions, especially when it comes to coding. Just off the top of my head, YT

by dfxm12 5y ago

I don't think you're an odd one. YT has many disadvantages compared to written instructions, especially when it comes to coding. Just off the top of my head, YT has uneven video quality & when you pause videos, there's a bunch of stuff that obscures the video. So, it's hard to read text from a video, or even see something really specific (and maybe tacit) at times. YT also doesn't allow for notes, no way to easy make an "offline" version, no way to compile its contents into your own knowledgebase, etc. You can also read text at your own pace, which is really useful for learning things in steps, while videos go at their own.

bittercynic 5y ago
It looks like youtube doesn't do that pause overlay at the moment. I tried just now in Chrome and Firefox with extensions disabled, and nothing got in the way of the paused video. I used to have .ytp-pause-overlay in my ublock-origin filters, but it appears it's no longer needed.
- TonyTrapp 5y ago
  They still show the player controls as an overlay the whole time as the video is paused. For me, turning the player controls from a bar below the video into an overlay that dynamically comes and goes is the defining moment when YouTube became unusable. It's simply impossible to read slides in some videos because you'd have to pause them to read all of it, but then the bottom part of the slide becomes unreadable. How was anyone able to arrive at the conclusion that this would be a smart thing to do for a video player?
  - bittercynic 5y ago
    Ya, I see what you mean. www.youtube.com##.ytp-chrome-bottom blocks all that stuff, but then you lose access to things like choosing quality and turning subtitles on and off.
GuB-42 5y ago
> when you pause videos, there's a bunch of stuff that obscures the video I really hate the YouTube app for that. Where did they get the idea that it is a good thing? And it is not even an attempt at monetization, they don't show ads, they still do it on premium, they just make it hard for you to see what's on screen.
- random_ind_dude 5y ago
  After you pause the video, you can tap the screen to hide the controls. Tap again to display the controls.

by dfxm12 5y ago

bittercynic 5y ago

It looks like youtube doesn't do that pause overlay at the moment. I tried just now in Chrome and Firefox with extensions disabled, and nothing got in the way of the paused video. I used to have .ytp-pause-overlay in my ublock-origin filters, but it appears it's no longer needed.

TonyTrapp 5y ago
They still show the player controls as an overlay the whole time as the video is paused. For me, turning the player controls from a bar below the video into an overlay that dynamically comes and goes is the defining moment when YouTube became unusable. It's simply impossible to read slides in some videos because you'd have to pause them to read all of it, but then the bottom part of the slide becomes unreadable. How was anyone able to arrive at the conclusion that this would be a smart thing to do for a video player?
- bittercynic 5y ago
  Ya, I see what you mean. www.youtube.com##.ytp-chrome-bottom blocks all that stuff, but then you lose access to things like choosing quality and turning subtitles on and off.

GuB-42 5y ago

> when you pause videos, there's a bunch of stuff that obscures the video I really hate the YouTube app for that. Where did they get the idea that it is a good thing? And it is not even an attempt at monetization, they don't show ads, they still do it on premium, they just make it hard for you to see what's on screen.

random_ind_dude 5y ago
After you pause the video, you can tap the screen to hide the controls. Tap again to display the controls.