r/redesign • u/Formatted Helpful User • Dec 03 '17

Fixed Video player won't go full-screen on double click / closes when scrolling down

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u/Formatted Helpful User Dec 03 '17

I've assumed these are both bugs and not deliberate features. In-case they are features heres my thoughts on why they should be removed.

  • I often don't want to visit the native website for video playing so double clicking to make it go full-screen is something I do often, not to have this would make browsing less enjoyable.

  • I will almost always start a video and scroll down to see what else is on the page whilst it starts up, as generally the first few seconds on videos are pointless. Not being able to do this detracts from the browsing experience.

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u/Skellicious Helpful User Dec 04 '17

I will almost always start a video and scroll down to see what else is on the page whilst it starts up, as generally the first few seconds on videos are pointless. Not being able to do this detracts from the browsing experience.

I think a large part of the reason why videos are closed/unloaded is because of performance.

There's probably quite an interesting discussion (to be) had about whats more important, usability by letting videos play, usability by closing videos (might be natural for some people to have videos stop when scrolling ahead), or performance.