[mikenereson]

re: youtube and the video filter. The topbar and the sidebar are two totally different things. I think is more than OK for youtube to be in the topbar. In fact I want it there. I click it all the time when I want to move my search to youtube.

[puranjay]

Yes, but look at it this way: the 'image' link performs the same function in both the top and the left nav menu. The 'video' link from the left nav menu, on the other hand, is replaced by a link to YouTube.

This wasn't the case until a couple of months ago. Obviously, this is to drive more visitors to YouTube.

Think how your father would view this if he was new to the internet - he would automatically assume that YouTube was the default video search engine, just like Google. He would never know Vimeo, DailyMotion or others.

It's not misleading to us because we're on HN. But think of the average computer illiterate user.

[davidu]

That's not what actually happens. Your query is lost. It's mind numbingly bad UX.