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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. Re:Really? by kimvette · · Score: 4, Informative

    They really should run everything through an aa filter today. :D

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  2. Re:Really? by jrmcferren · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nope, this one isn't a Slashdot April Fool's joke, this one is Youtube's joke. For more info on Jokes I've found so far please visit: http://www.kb3pxr.net/2010/04/april-fools-jokes-abound.html and please don't flame me for the ads.

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  3. Could have done it for real... by alephnull42 · · Score: 2, Informative

    This technology exists e.g. http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Text_Mode_Doom - would have been way cooler to actually implement the option permanently than just upload this Video

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    1. Re:Could have done it for real... by Deag · · Score: 4, Informative

      it is on all their videos just add &textp=fool

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzCZ1W_CUoI&textp=fool

    2. Re:Could have done it for real... by quadelirus · · Score: 3, Informative

      You can also select it from the resolution selection box.

  4. Re:Really? by A+Friendly+Troll · · Score: 2, Informative

    I know, they selected me as a beta user some time ago, and I happily deleted the cookies responsible for that monstrosity. There have been some improvements since then (most notably, URLs now look like URLs, instead of 524987-character garbage, and not everything is a playlist), but it's still garbage. If you picked a random person from the street, they would probably be able to design the page better and in a more usable way.

    I honestly have no idea what they tried to accomplish with this, and why they haven't hired someone knowledgeable to do the design...