As it is already common knowledge, back in April, YouTube launched a couple of feature updates that were provided, until now, only to a small group of users, elected randomly. The features are now available for everyone. The inbox system, the list of contacts and the way the results of the queries are displayed are amongst the enhancements that the team came up with.

All the uploaded videos or the ones saved in the favorites can be easily searched with filters via title, time, date added, views and rating. The messages can be sent to multiple recipients, and privacy is somewhat better protected, as people can no longer see if their sent messages have been read or not. Moreover, users can now make a better distinction between their contacts, as a real name and an e-mail address replace the sometimes-deceiving nickname.

The management of all the videos from someone's account, whether they are uploads, favorites or subscriptions, is now centralized in one place. Another feature that is also publicly available is the batch-select - performed with the "add to" button, which allows users to manipulate a video by integrating it, at the same time, in different applications, as the playlist, the favorites and the quicklists. Additional filters for sorting videos by the time, date added, views and ratings have been also included.

The rather messy way of organizing the personal videos was fixed. The files can be now seen in a list, grid or a condensed format, that allows the display of a maximum of 20 videos per page. The team from YouTube made the announcement of the now available features on their official blog, which is also the place where they expect some feedback that can lead to even more consistent improvements.

Most likely, people's trust in Google's affiliate is not so high right now, as their data is about to be handed over to Viacom, a company whose copyrights have been infringed by YouTube. Maybe the new features will sweeten the pill for the angry mob who tried to prevent their privacy from being invaded by initiating an online petition to change the judge's verdict.