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YouTube Experiments with Instant Loading Pages


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YouTube is running a number of experiments which should eventually be rolled out to all users and the regular site. Some users are noticing a new way of loading videos; a red loading bar is displayed as a new video is loaded, without actually reloading the page.

This makes navigation faster – not that YouTube was ever slow. YouTube loads the new page via JavaScript and changes the URL displayed by HTML5 history.pushState, as the Google Operating System blog noticed.

This is true for videos in the search results, as well as for those recommended on the video page.

Another experiment adds suggestions to the search box based on the video you're currently watching.

If you're not seeing the new experiments and want to check them out, you can modify the YouTube cookies in your browser.

All you need to do is open a JavaScript (web) console, Ctrl+Shift+i in Chrome, Firefox, and Opera, and paste the following code.

document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=jyDR-4Ljl_I; path=/; domain=.youtube.com";window.location.reload();

If you want to revert to the standard YouTube, use this code instead:

document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=; path=/; domain=.youtube.com";window.location.reload();

http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-Experiments-With-Instant-Loading-Pages-355180.shtml

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