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A Simple Hack To Get The New Youtube Design

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 12:38

Google is testing a brand new design for Youtube and here's a little hack you can do right-now to enjoy the swanky new layout before official release.

All New Youtube Homepage

All New Youtube Homepage

New Youtube Design

New Youtube Design

To get started with the new YouTube design follow the steps below :

  1. Launch www.youtube.com in Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.
  2. If using Firefox press : Ctrl+Shift+K and if Google Chrome : Ctrl+Shift+J to open developer Tools.
  3. In the developer tools console paste document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU"; and hit enter.
  4. Reload YouTube website and enjoy the new layout.
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workd :D but lets hope its

Submitted by uzairccc (not verified) on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 13:28.

workd :D
but lets hope its not too heavy when i try on slow connectyion

How to get back the old youtube layout/look?

Submitted by Matej (not verified) on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 13:29.

If I enter this "code" into developer tools console and "activate" the new youtube's layout, is there any possibility to undo it and get the old one back? In case I don't like the new one...
Should I just delete all cookies from youtube, or...?

Thanks in advance?

For me, it works if you clear

Submitted by Sumit Chahal (not verified) on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 11:23.

For me, it works if you clear your browsing history (after ticking all options). Maybe just clearing the cookies would help. But I'm sure, it can be reverted to the original look, unless YouTube officially releases it.

How to get back the old youtube layout/look?

Submitted by Matej (not verified) on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 13:30.

If I enter this "code" into developer tools console and "activate" the new youtube's layout, is there any possibility to undo it and get the old one back? In case I don't like the new one...
Should I just delete all cookies from youtube, or...?

Thanks in advance?

Superb

Submitted by ryusaaki (not verified) on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 13:31.

really love the 'hack' :P been using dev tool on Chrome for a while now and the new version of YouTube is sleek :D

I got this error

Submitted by SHIV (not verified) on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 13:32.

I got this error "SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL"
nothing happens... :(

How can I restore it to the

Submitted by Sumit Chahal (not verified) on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 15:31.

How can I restore it to the original look? (though I like the new one.)

thanx for the great tip

Submitted by Suresh Kumar (not verified) on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 16:57.

awesome tip. Youtube new look is great.

Wow that was simple xD I'm

Submitted by Gordo Random! (not verified) on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 06:48.

Wow that was simple xD I'm not part of the 1% :P

don't like How can I restore

Submitted by jatiyanon (not verified) on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 10:07.

don't like

How can I restore it to the original ??

how i wan to keep the new

Submitted by bhow92 (not verified) on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 20:36.

how i wan to keep the new style in my google chrome. because every time when i restart my google chrome, it will return back to old style again..

thx for reading...

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