I like that you can choose the starting time directly in the video. But I'd like to choose the finishing time in the video too. (I wouldn't remove the option to choose starting point+lenght).
Thanks for the feedback! I definitely agree and something we were trying to work on.
One thing that's difficult is choosing the finishing time on the video. For example if it's 5 seconds or something, the two end points are really close.
What do you think about beta.gifyoutube.com? It's a little different mechanics for choosing start time (which I'm not the best fan of), but maybe it's a little easier for end time.
I'm actually not really sure on this. We were going to try some A|B testing but the beta GYT isn't 100% ready
I like this interface over the current one. The only issue I had with it is not having millisecond steps to create a decent loop. I also wasn't getting a thumbnail preview in the black box when seeking the video.
I couldn't test it because the video didn't load. I saw the beta UI once (two slice bars), but when I reloaded, the video didn't appear. (I tested IE11 and Chrome)
Another small UI complain. If I type in the text box the YouTube address and I hit the enter key, it doesn't get to the edit page. I have to reach for my mouse, and click in the green "Create Gif" button.
I think the advantage of choosing your endpoint is it allows finer grained control over what gets rendered in the GIF
you could argue that if you really cared you'd just use a GIF editor to "trim" the final result to your liking, but would be nice not to have this step.
