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Re:YouTube will delete existing video annotations on January... by franga2000 on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @07:02AM (#18541592)
Even I couldn't reliably determine which word was replaced given screen coordinates, and I spend half my time pushing pixels around (web design & photography).
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Re:YouTube will delete existing video annotations on January... by teraflop on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @02:45PM (#18545985)
Yeah, in order for this to be usable, it would need a better UI. Maybe some kind of overlay: it could automatically position the annotations at the correct position relative to the video, and make them appear and disappear at the appropriate times.

I wonder if implementing something like that would be technically feasible.

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Re:YouTube will delete existing video annotations on January... by fjsolwmv on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @02:55PM (#18546069)
You are proposing rebuilding the existing feature Google wants to turn off.
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Re:YouTube will delete existing video annotations on January... by NullPrefix on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @03:36PM (#18546427)
That's the joke
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