Youtube Goes Widescreen

[Aja]

Youtube Goes Widescreen
If you haven't been on Youtube.com recently then you're in for a big and "wide" surprise. The popular online video-hosting site has gone to 16:9 widescreen format with its video player and changed the page width to 960 pixels. To quote their online blog:

"Over the years we've heard a lot of feedback from you about what you'd like to change about YouTube, and the size of our video player is always top of mind. That's why today we're excited to announce a bigger YouTube player.

We're expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect the quality of the videos you create and the screens that you use to watch them. This new, wider player is in a widescreen aspect ratio which we hope will provide you with a cleaner, more powerful viewing experience. And don't worry, your 4:3 aspect ratio videos will play just fine in this new player.

As always, we welcome your feedback and encourage you to share your thoughts with us on this exciting, new change happening for all videos on YouTube."

Have fun watching!
The YouTube Team