A lighter version of Youtube is on the horizon.

December 3rd, 2009 by Ken

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Despite its standing as the most popular video streaming site on the internet, hosting an untold number of user-generated content, Youtube has come under recent fire for performance issues that would seem to affect slower machines and netbooks (those quasi-laptops that offer some of the same functionality in a leaner version).

While the issues are understandable, considering the amount of bandwidth streaming these videos necessitates, one would think that the company would offer a version of their site that’s more accommodating to those with systems that find all that bandwidth a chore to process.

Well, they appear to be doing just that.

Stripped down to just the basics, Youtube Feather is a recently unveiled beta that takes the fundamental model of this service – streaming videos – and delivers it in a considerably leaner and less onerous form. All that this “lite” version consists of are the videos, with the superfluous clutter we normally find on your standard Youtube page all but peeled away.

Initial reports are very promising, with impressions all leaning towards it being noticeably faster on those slower systems. Even High Definition videos are included. The beta is open to the public, but you must opt-in to use it. Doing so is easy, requiring that you only press a link to begin using it. If you find that you’d rather opt-out, pressing the same link will return you to the normal Youtube model.

If you’re someone who loves using this service but often finds the videos are frustratingly choppy, this might be an option through which your Youtube needs are met.

You can join the beta here.

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