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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: lcs on Thu, 14 November 2013, 05:44:16

Title: Making YouTube faster
Post by: lcs on Thu, 14 November 2013, 05:44:16
http://www.youtube.com/feather_beta

I didn't feel much difference, but at least the comments are hidden by 'default'.
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:35:47
is youtube slow?
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: Tym on Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:48:29
It is when you have 300KB/s down, and you like 720p :(
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: lcs on Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:50:49
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:35:47
is youtube slow?

No, but if you'd rather a simpler interface it's a nice change.
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:51:33
Quote from: Tym on Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:48:29
It is when you have 300KB/s down, and you like 720p :(

Switch to ebooks.. 10MB in pdf text would be 3 days worth of edu-tainment.
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: MKULTRA on Thu, 14 November 2013, 09:58:16
Lots of ISP's limit YouTube's bandwidth, so it may be out of your hands.
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: paicrai on Thu, 14 November 2013, 10:36:44
Finally able to escape all the Bobs

oh the bobs  :'(
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: Pacifist on Thu, 14 November 2013, 10:58:26
Quote from: Tym on Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:48:29
It is when you have 300KB/s down, and you like 720p :(

And then you leave it to buffer and the video loads halfway them stops loading
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: infiniti on Thu, 14 November 2013, 11:00:57
Quote from: paicrai on Thu, 14 November 2013, 10:36:44
Finally able to escape all the Bobs

oh the bobs  :'(
"Huh?  What about me?" - Bob
(http://imageshack.us/a/img27/6844/buwq.jpg)
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: thadood on Thu, 14 November 2013, 11:15:54
The thing that has given me the best performance/speed out of Youtube has been the plugin Youtube Center. Check it out!
Title: Re: Making YouTube faster
Post by: Malphas on Thu, 14 November 2013, 14:11:16
Finally. I've wanted a way to disable comments on YouTube for years.