Now I have to figure out how to use the new interface/controls for my YouTube channel. Oh, joy.
Even after all these years YouTube couldn't provide a simple interface for uploading and managing files. It is ironic to be batting the crappy channel manager's interface of YouTube while they proudly proclaim that it is "geek week". Using the channel art editing tool triggers a cross-site scripting warning from my browser (see below)....
....and magically brings up a useless Google Docs file search dialog window.
The folks at YouTube gave us the ability to upload a 2560 x 1440 pixel splash image for our YouTube channels, but at the same time they put a 2Mbyte limit on the size of the image file. If you upload a file that is over that size limit, you get no message saying that you are over the limit...YouTube simply refuses to display your image. For months now this has been driving channel managers crazy and they've sought help from Google/YouTube's crappy online help system and, of course, the geeks at YouTube have never fixed the problem.
Popular
The image to the right shows other YouTube channels that the brilliant software of YouTube suspects I might be interested in. I suppose that since I have a playlist for animations their software algorithm will direct me towards...whatever these channels are. Ew.
Just Does Not Work
The image above shows how YouTube is supposed to display the profile image from Google+ on the YouTube Channel banner. The image below (lower left) shows that YouTube sometimes fails to retrieve and display the profile image.
I specified a video to be shown to new people who visit my YouTube channel and tested how it looks (see image above, right). It was funny...the audio could be heard playing but there was no video!
Quote: "Oh, go f*** yourself, Google."
Thanks for the update, YouTube!
