YouTube Adds Theater View

Think of it as removing interface distractions without the resource overhead of fullscreen. YouTube adds a theater view for feature-length videos. Watch it in action on Steve Jobs’ Stanford speech. I’ll probably never use it — anything worth watching theater-style is worth watching fullscreen — but it’s good to see YouTube try new things with its interface.

Of course, there’s still one interface distraction left: the slider bar. I’m waiting for an option to have that fade on mouseout.

(Via Alex Chitu.)

WordPress 2.7 Preview

WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg gave a preview in New York yesterday of WordPress 2.7, coming in November. WordPress bloggers will love the customizable admin screens and enhanced plugin management. You, my dear readers, will love the threaded comments. 🙂