Youtube – a new Theater View option?
While browsing around Youtube today, I noticed two options appearing above the video that was playing on the page. One of them was ‘Theater View’ and the other was ‘Lights Off’.
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On clicking the Theater View option, the panels on the right move down immediately and the video expands to fill a larger area. Clicking on Lights Off, all the other parts of the page get dimmed down and only the video player gets highlighted, as you can see here:
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I’m not sure if this feature was already present for some videos, or if it’s just being made available/tested via selected users. Did anyone else notice the theater view option for Youtube videos? Let us know in the comments. Update: This feature is currently available for all long videos on Youtube, as the Google Operating System blog reports.
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Must be a closed test, cuz I don’t see nothing in my youtube account… too bad, that’s looks really nice.
Timóteo
3 Oct 08 at 6:59 pm
OHhh, i should’ve think of that first…
I went to this video “leading@google” and they have theater and lights off. hehe
Timóteo
3 Oct 08 at 7:02 pm
Nice find. Long time didnt see you online.. been busy?
kuanhoong
8 Oct 08 at 7:32 pm