Originally posted by Rath
What in the hell is Google trying to do with YouTube? If they decide to rollout that new layout for everyone I'd lose all interest in YouTube. It is absolutely horrendous. Best of luck to Google and their asinine ideas.
I think the idea is that they're more focused on getting people to click on videos than the YouTuber showing off their (or the person they've hired) GFX skills :p.
I agree with you though, it's bland. It's basically just a list of videos.