# Did YouTube change for anyone else? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 13, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725 "2013-09-13T00:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725/1 "2013-09-13T00:47:56Z")
For a long time now up until today when watching a video on YouTube, there would be three Window sizes, the standard size, a larger size and full screen. Now it looks like full screen and the default size are the only options. Is this happening to everyone else as well? I like the medium size… Wasn’t 100% sure if here or IMHO was the proper place for this… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725/2 "2013-09-13T00:54:52Z")
The gear icon that changed the quality now includes the small/medium players. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725/3 "2013-09-13T01:11:37Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725/4 "2013-09-13T01:33:31Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > The gear icon that changed the quality now includes the small/medium players. Aha! Once again Youtube takes something that used to be simple and makes it more complicated. Why take one step when you can do it in four? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725/5 "2013-09-13T12:04:23Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Wasn’t 100% sure if here or IMHO was the proper place for this… It’s not really about the content, so IMHO, IMHO – I’ll move it thither for you (from Cafe Society). ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725/6 "2013-09-13T15:10:21Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Aha! Once again Youtube takes something that used to be simple and makes it more complicated. Why take one step when you can do it in four? Exactly. I miss the days when all you had to do to make a play list was hit that little plus sign embedded in the thumb nail. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725/7 "2013-09-13T15:16:28Z")
What made it change for me was a bit more subtle: When watching a whole movie divided up into 10-minute segments, it used to be that after the end of one segment, you’d always find the link to the immediately following one conveniently placed in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. This made it possible to watch right through with minimal interruptions. Now you don’t get that any more. They make you go back and hunt around for it. Has anyone else noticed that? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725/8 "2013-09-13T15:27:40Z")
The change that bugged me is you used to be able to right-click on the video and pick “Stop Download.” Now you can’t any more. I have no idea why they would remove that option, don’t they want to save bandwidth if you don’t want to keep loading the video? Now the next best thing to do is just leave the page or click at the end of the video.