Google today introduced a small change in the YouTube player that could save us some time as we can safely skip watching videos that either have low user ratings or carry some crazy titles.
That’s because YouTube videos that are embedded in web pages (outside the main YouTube site) now display the video title plus the video rating and this information will appear even if you don’t interact with the player.
To see all this in action, go to this article on embedding YouTube in PowerPoint – the post has three YouTube players and each embedded video carries a different rating so you’ll get the idea.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/video-title-and-rating-in-youtube-player/7064/
Reader Comments
it was about time. Already have spent precious time in my life watching crappy vids now i can skip them altogether.
Written by naysh on 02.05.09
Not a fan of this feature. I think it will turn people off from watching videos on my site.
Written by Martin on 02.05.09
I don’t mind them incorporating this feature into embedded videos, but please, at least change the font color/size/style…
I think the feature is great but it seems they didn’t invest any time into planning and actually seeing what it looks like on the user end.
Written by Atomic on 02.05.09
Completely agree Atomic – the fonts in YouTube Players are plain ugly.
Written by Amit on 02.05.09
Is there a way to turn this off!?
Written by amy on 02.05.09
I agree it looks ugly as all hell and I’m also trying to find a way to switch it off.. I say get rid of it (short of maybe a mouse cursor hover OVER the window displays it) and if you MUST show the title, can you make the writing smaller and maybe listed in the top left corner?
Written by Spoz on 02.10.09