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Did youtube.com recently add a blurry background behind the video, or is my screen broken?
by seydor 3y ago
Did youtube.com recently add a blurry background behind the video, or is my screen broken?
- mulmen 3y agoI have noticed a lot of subtle UI changes recently. Youtube and Steam specifically. I assume this is because it is the end of a quarter and teams have to ship something for promos. In a couple weeks the experiments will be over and we can go back to a few months of stability until Q3. But watch out, this is intern season, so the stuff you see in September is going to be really wild.
- seydor 3y agoCant you guys do your promotions in another way? Like, running a marathon or a poker game or something. It's annoying
- mulmen 3y agoI don't make the rules but it is my turn to deal.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoMy wife to me, last night: "Why the hell did they just change Google on computers look like the phone version?". I was confused for a minute, until she pointed her finger at relevant part of the screen - indeed, the "images / videos / news / ..." selectors are now styled as rounded buttons. I rarely use Google search these days, so I didn't notice, but the question is justified - what's the point? It's just more visual noise, and likely more bloat to generate it.
- jackson1442 3y agoYes, this is called “ambient mode” and can be disabled in settings.
- seydor 3y agoNice. It's in the settings within the video player, not burger-menu settings if anyone is looking. I do wonder what problem this thing solves