YouTube is returning to its old design after a month

YouTube had made the decision to stop the design change it was implementing in its desktop version. This action comes after several comments from users, who were not satisfied with the new look of the platform and the way of interacting while watching videos.

These modifications began a few weeks ago, as a testing phase, so that only some users were able to access the changes. With the idea of ​​receiving feedback from the community, which was not very positive.

The goal of the new design was to modernize the experience, prioritizing recommended videos. To reorganize the comments box and information about the channel that uploaded the content.

However, the reaction from users was negative. Many expressed their dissatisfaction with the new interface, citing usability issues and highlighting the difficulty of accessing certain functions intuitively. in this situation, YouTube has chosen to reverse the design change and return to the previous interface. Stop testing on the platform.

YouTube's proposed redesign sought to reorganize several core elements of its desktop platform. One of the most notable modifications is moving the video title, description, and comments to the sidebar. While video recommendations had a more prominent space below the main video.

This new arrangement represents a major change with respect to the traditional structure of the platform. For years, the app has maintained a relatively consistent visual layout, with the main video taking up most of the screen space and other secondary elements distributed to the sides.

However, the implementation of these changes was not well received by the user community. Many expressed dissatisfaction with the new interface, citing usability issues and highlighting the difficulty of accessing certain functions intuitively. particularly, The need to scroll the entire page to access comments was one of the most criticized aspects of the new design.

Another element that was added was a banner between the video information and the comment box. In this space, YouTube wanted channels to promote their own products and serve as another place to add ads., which complements what appears in the video playback. Being an additional element for monetizing content.

The platform has not officially confirmed at the moment whether it plans to reintroduce the redesign in the future or whether it will make some changes after these weeks of testing, during which it was clear that users are satisfied with the current experience. Which was the same one that maintained the app for most of his life.

Another design change that the app implements is Merge a Personalized video feed according to each profile's preferred color.

However, it is important to clarify that not the entire spectrum of colors is incorporated into this system. In fact, YouTube only offers three colors: green, red, and blue; So users will have to select one of these options and thus they can see the change in the feed.

After the user chooses his favorite color (which should be among the colors mentioned above) in the option at the top of the platform, it starts suggesting videos in that color range, but it is still unknown if it does just the video cover for reference. Or takes into account all reproduction coloring.