In the spirit of LifeHacker, I thought I'd stop by and give you folk with slower internet speeds a tip for viewing videos on YouTube. Oh, wait. You mean, I'm the only person out there with internet too slow to load HD videos on the spot? Heh.As you've probably noticed if you've read my blogs the past year or so, I have strong opinions about my internet experience. Ever since my internet was downgraded I've had trouble watching YouTube videos in a large size, both pixel-wise and file size ...wise. I've reached the point where I value speed over quality. If there is a way for me to watch a video in lower quality without having to wait a bit for it to buffer, I will take it.
I prefer watching videos in full screen, or have them take up more space than the standard 640x390 YouTube video. I noticed that every time I tried to make a video full screen, it would automatically switch my video from 360p to either 480p or 720p, which take a considerably longer amount of time to load.
Then I found a work-around that both kept my video at 360p and made my video size larger. It was so simple and so genius.
The trick: Zoom in on the page. (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+). This increases the size of the video and keeps it at 360p so that you don't have to sit through the load.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work this way for all flash video players. I tested this method on others, and it only made text and images around the video larger while the video remained the same size.
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