YouTube has been rolling out its new Flash video player over the last few days. It has a number of small but key improvements, including:
– A new progress/seek bar, which allows you to view where in the video you’ve got to, as well as to skip to a certain part. This now sits under the video itself rather than in the toolbar and minimises when not in use.
– A lateral volume control inside the toolbar, which also minimises when not in use. This replaces the old version, which opened over the video itself.
– A ‘Show video info’ option when you right-click on the video.
The changes aren’t universal yet – they haven’t appeared on videos with ads, nor has the new player rolled out to embedded videos, as you’ll see if you scroll down this blog to some earlier posts.
For comparison, here’s the new design…
…and here’s the old design…
