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I appreciate the idea of giving GOG users a preview of the game, and I very much agree with it, but loading a tiny YouTube video feels clunky and is ultimately underserving since many of the YouTube videos are not ideal to be viewed in so small a format and surrounded by a mass of other tiles. Some videos work fine, but others are lengthy and take too long to get to the crux of what the game is and largely mitigating the effect of the preview: I now become adverse to hovering my mouse over the tiles. I don't think I should feel apprehension with approaching this feature of the user interface or of the products GOG is trying to display for me - yet, I feel both.

I also find it unnecessary that the videos load every time I scroll my mouse over the tiles - shouldn't there be a delay of two or three seconds?; perhaps while a video loads behind it?

Again, in concept I am in support of having video previews these games, however I find the current execution to be displeasurable. I know this sounds whiny, but it's how I feel; and my feeling is often how I decide on whether a game deserves my attention.
Fair point. I wish we simply had an option to turn it off.
Its a tad annoying. Sure, fancy. But... meh. Current shop is more style over substance IMO. *shrug*
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beyond1: Fair point. I wish we simply had an option to turn it off.
We do, it's called uMatrix. I'm not seeing any youtube videos here.
Post edited November 10, 2018 by clarry
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clarry: We do, it's called uMatrix.
Can't add uMatrix to GOG Galaxy yet. :)
Gladly Galaxy is still optional :_)
Fair enough. It's honestly one of the features I'd say to not bother with. Have the video on the game page, but for a thumbnail preview, that's quite useless.
Nobody does.
I too find it to be extremely irritating.