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I quite like it, after having seen it in the, ahem, adult spaces. But seriously though, it's a good enough feature for just checking out whether a video is inte

I quite like it, after having seen it in the, ahem, adult spaces. But seriously though, it's a good enough feature for just checking out whether a video is interesting enough to watch or whether the title and thumbnail are just clickbait, which they often are for making the creators money. It saves me a click or new tab which is even more annoying than hovering over a video.

akersten 5y ago
> I quite like it, after having seen it in the, ahem, adult spaces. Those of us old enough to have witnessed the early days of YouTube remember that their previous video-preview-on-hover feature was also lifted directly from those same adult spaces :)
- cercatrova 5y ago
  Indeed, many such technologies have arisen from adult spaces: https://www.businessinsider.com/porn-behind-internet-technologies-2017-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/porn-behind-internet-technol...
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- numpad0 5y ago
  I remember attempts were made to improve upon by actually following through video contents and adding it to watch history, which not many in that industry did, if any, and were soon reverted back to exact same style as used in the said industry. I thought YouTube one upped the game, but they didn't. That was interesting.
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CSMastermind 5y ago
They're also experimenting with rolling out 'most watched' graphs on the timebar when you're seeking in a video so you can see which parts are the most popular. Personally I'm all for it. It's kind of embarrassing for Youtube to be lacking good usability features that adult entertainment sites have.
- WHA8m 5y ago
  Once again, following applies: Criminals and the porn industry are the two common early adopters.
  - vagrantJin 5y ago
    It's not surprising that those industries are more than willing to pay a premium for innovation and execute. They can't survive on branding and marketing so must innovate to stay ten steps ahead of the competition just to stay afloat.
Swizec 5y ago
I like the previews. The annoying part is that Cmd+click opens it both in a new tab (expected) and in the same tab (unexpected). Someone’s being cheeky with JavaScript “links” and for all the shit that Google devrels give everyone else about accessibility … akhem
- 37 5y ago
  This is the worst! I'm using Linux and Windows so its Ctrl, but the same thing happens... Surely this is a bug they will fix.
mod 5y ago
I like the preview, but I don't like that youtube is basically playing the video (without audio) and if I watch 30 seconds, then click through, it starts me 30 seconds in.

akersten 5y ago

> I quite like it, after having seen it in the, ahem, adult spaces. Those of us old enough to have witnessed the early days of YouTube remember that their previous video-preview-on-hover feature was also lifted directly from those same adult spaces :)

cercatrova 5y ago
Indeed, many such technologies have arisen from adult spaces: https://www.businessinsider.com/porn-behind-internet-technologies-2017-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/porn-behind-internet-technol...
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numpad0 5y ago
I remember attempts were made to improve upon by actually following through video contents and adding it to watch history, which not many in that industry did, if any, and were soon reverted back to exact same style as used in the said industry. I thought YouTube one upped the game, but they didn't. That was interesting.
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CSMastermind 5y ago

They're also experimenting with rolling out 'most watched' graphs on the timebar when you're seeking in a video so you can see which parts are the most popular. Personally I'm all for it. It's kind of embarrassing for Youtube to be lacking good usability features that adult entertainment sites have.

WHA8m 5y ago
Once again, following applies: Criminals and the porn industry are the two common early adopters.
- vagrantJin 5y ago
  It's not surprising that those industries are more than willing to pay a premium for innovation and execute. They can't survive on branding and marketing so must innovate to stay ten steps ahead of the competition just to stay afloat.

Swizec 5y ago

I like the previews. The annoying part is that Cmd+click opens it both in a new tab (expected) and in the same tab (unexpected). Someone’s being cheeky with JavaScript “links” and for all the shit that Google devrels give everyone else about accessibility … akhem

37 5y ago
This is the worst! I'm using Linux and Windows so its Ctrl, but the same thing happens... Surely this is a bug they will fix.

mod 5y ago

I like the preview, but I don't like that youtube is basically playing the video (without audio) and if I watch 30 seconds, then click through, it starts me 30 seconds in.