Cloud Stew » youtube http://www.cloudstew.com Taste the clouds. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:38:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The New YouTube Player http://www.cloudstew.com/the-new-youtube-player/ http://www.cloudstew.com/the-new-youtube-player/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:30:15 +0000 Mustafa Al-ammar http://www.cloudstew.com/?p=221 I just got a glimpse of YouTube’s new video player and I like what I see.

New Youtube Player

The new Youtube player.

A couple of things to notice:

  • Larger play, stop, fast-forward, and volume buttons.
  • Much faster response time in all browsers.  Seeking is instantaneous.
  • Overall, much better performance at full screen.

You can see how well the player integrates with the beta page:

New YouTube Video Player 2

]]> http://www.cloudstew.com/the-new-youtube-player/feed/ 0 100 Years of Change http://www.cloudstew.com/100-years-of-change/ http://www.cloudstew.com/100-years-of-change/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:56:25 +0000 Mustafa Al-ammar http://www.cloudstew.com/?p=136 One hundred years ago the world moved more slowly, its streets bustling with crowds of the carefree.  Public transport was the norm and cyclists found themselves faster than anyone else.  Children frolicked in the streets without the shadow of their worried parents and yet, in an instant, every adult around them enjoyed the same respect.  And the best part of all; Everyone wore a hat.

YouTube user cleaverb:

The first track from Airs’ Moon Safari album, accompanied by scenes from a video shot from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco in 1905. Before the earthquake/fire of 1906 destroyed the area. Remarkable footage of the turn of the century lifestyles in California.”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k

It’s humbling that the world can change so much in one century, and even more so that, as one YouTube commenter put it:

Everyone in that video is dead!

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