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YouTube, Now In Text Mode!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the squeezing-the-pipes dept.

techmuse writes "YouTube has introduced a new, higher-resolution text mode for video. The new text mode is far more efficient than their previous high-end, high-definition offering, and should bring entirely new levels of realism to streaming web video!"

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  1. HTML 3 by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently Youtube isn't the only one - Slashdot is finally killing off their buggy Web 2.0 interface and supporting real web standards. They'e waiting until tomorrow to announce it by first letting everyone overdose on the stupid flash "roulette chat".

  2. Re:Really? by Hurricane78 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially your mom.

    The stench of cheap booze is only drowned, by the vomit in her beard! :D

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  3. Re:Really? by NinePenny · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just clicked "Parent" hoping to see a picture. Didn't work.

  4. About time! by Compaqt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally, YouTube for us Lynx users.

    Are the ASCII images 7-bit clean?

    Not all of us can afford 14.28% additional bits, you insensitive clods!

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  5. Not good enough by EkriirkE · · Score: 2, Funny

    Still doesn't work in links/lynx :(

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