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A couple of months back, in the month of April, if I remember correctly, we informed you guys about YouTube testing a new design for its channels. Uptill now there has been no official word or date from YouTube as to when the new channel design will be made available to the general public, however it is believed that it would be released pretty soon. Here is an exhaustive list of all the features that have been implemented so far. These features were implemented and improved thanks to the precious feedback from all those users who were lucky enough to test the new channel design. The exhaustive list of features coming to the channel design include:

  • Sort controls sort by most viewed, date added, or highest rated
  • Clickable rating stars
  • Counts for the number of videos in each section (when in “all” view)
  • When playing a video, the video title now links to the non channel video watch page
  • View a small number of video comments as well as leave a quick comment.  All this can be done by just clicking the comments tab when watching any video
  • Font size is now larger when browsing through videos
  • You can make the list of your playlists your features content set (like the new White House Channel)
  • New share controls underneath the video
  • Endless loading circles should now be gone
  • No more channels with messed up layouts
  • Search box when looking at uploads
  • Honors are back
  • Video thumbnails are now larger
  • More interaction options under the video player
  • You can now feature a video by URL
  • The subscribe button is yellow again
  • You can choose a featured video
  • You can link directly to a specific video and a specific playlist on your channel
  • You can rearrange boxes on your channel with little arrows
  • You can message users
  • You can delete recent activity items
  • Subscribe button appears when you’re looking at your own channel
  • UI improvements
  • Tons of bug fixes

Coming to the part as to what are the things that YouTube is currently working on in relation to the YouTube channel design. These are:

  • Providing the user with the flexibility of reordering your uploads or lists of playlists.
  • Displaying the upload date in the video description
  • More and more bug fixes

A big thanks to Chris Crum of WebProNews for coming up with this long list of impressive features.