YouTube Redesigns Around ‘Channels’ Strategy

Youtube continues to be one of the most frustrating sites to navigate, and this new redesign is no different.<p>Take this query result for example:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=republican+debate+november+22" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=republican+debat...</a><p>Every single video title gets truncated, removing the most valuable piece of information (which part it is).<p>And a playlist:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34F010EEF9D45FB8&#38;feature=playlist-comment" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34F010EEF9D45FB8&#38;...</a><p>Barely get a few characters to show what the videos are actually about.<p>And a channel:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleTechTalks?blend=3&#38;ob=4#p/u/0/Ek-SkrGVyjY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleTechTalks?blend=3&#38;ob=4...</a><p>You can't even hover over the titles to see the full video description here. You have to click on them, which stops your current video from playing.<p>Am I missing something? Does anybody know of an alternative Youtube interface (userscript, app, site, etc) that isn't so frustrating?

I am really put off by this new design.<p>Google continues to strike out with me in the swath of recent redesigns. I have become more turned off and turned away from Google services as a result, and actively seek alternatives to many services I was previously happy with. I readily admit that I am an outlier, and probably no longer part of Google's target audience.<p>Still, I wonder what level of navel gazing has led Google as a whole to consider some of these redesigns as improvements...though I did hear (rumor) from an acquaintance that many people's bonuses are directly tied to 'integrating google+ and new designs', so maybe that is the reason.