Today 2nd April 2009 12:08 AM, while I was browsing YouTube something strange happened. All of a sudden the texts and the video were flipped. I was shocked! The Texts looks Hebrew at first glance, I thought to myself "Yeah... yeah... even YouTube makes mistake. I'll take a screen shot an post it around" hit the print screen, minimized my Firefox, then opened abobe photosop and pasted the picture (of course I edited my other open website address) ad said to myself "will i be the only one spotting this?" then I looked at the picture closely, Ah! I found a readable text "Tips for viewing the new layout", "oh! So this was not a mistake, it was indeed an experimental play by some YouTube engineers". I opened my Firefox again and checked out the tips. Here are the tips (Screen Shot below)
Your New Viewing Experience
At YouTube, we're always looking to improve the way you watch videos online. As part of that, today we're excited to introduce our new page layout. Here are some tips for getting the most out of your new YouTube viewing experience:
1. Turn your monitor upside-down
Our internal tests have shown that modern computer monitors give a higher quality picture when flipped upside down—kind of like how it's best to rotate your mattress every six months. You might find that YouTube videos look better this way.
2. Tilt your head to the side
Imagine you've got water in your ear and need to get it out. Tilt your head toward one shoulder and watch the video (gentle head-smacking on the opposite side is optional).
3. Move to Australia
As you probably know, everything in Australia is upside-down, so moving to Australia may provide you with a more natural YouTube viewing experience. (Note: If you live Down Under, and the page is still upside-down for you, then we recommended moving to the northern hemisphere.)
And yes, here’s the solution:
Of course, if you prefer the way things used to be, just click on the "I prefer the old-fashioned layout!" when watching a video.
Happy April 1st!
Personally I like the option no 2, and the image that they kept as an illustration.
Speaking of April fool, Today (Yesterday, actually) I was fooled by lawrkhawm.com. It had the news of Congress and BJP tying up after poll. Well after reading the source, I found out that I was fooled. It was a nice feeling ..... Angry and disappointed but yet happy...
I woke up in the morning when my wife came to me and told me that I have a visitor, she didn’t smile but (me always trying be a smart guy) I told her that I won’t be fooled today. Looking back now... I was fooled twice on 2009 April Fool
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