YouTube Corner

You know how you never manage to get any work done because of all the distractions on the Internet? Social media is especially notorious for making one procrastinate, but don’t even get me started on YouTube; it’s always “just one more video and I’ll get to work.”

So you could just stop pretending that you actually care about your work and start watching YouTube while you perform other activities on your PC, with an app called YouTube Corner.

In a world where attention spans are getting shorter and software companies everywhere are trying to create programs to help people increase productivity, YouTube Corner tries to do exactly the opposite. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying this app is a bad thing, just don’t expect your boss to be cool with you using it.

It all comes down to your ability to focus on multiple things at the same time, really. You could be tempted to believe that the app helps you save the time spent switching between your browser window and your workspace, until you realize that this isn’t really the case.

Since the program is portable, it doesn’t require any installation. As soon as you open it, a window containing a YouTube player will appear in the bottom-right corner of your screen. You can make YouTube videos play there by copying their URLs from the browser and then clicking the small YouTube icon on the top-left of the app’s window. Unfortunately, there’s no Autoplay option.

The window stays always-on-top and also moves away from your cursor if you try to grab it once. This feature was designed so the app doesn’t get in your way when you’re working, but it only makes it more difficult to move the window. Even if it’s an interesting the idea, YouTube Corner isn’t exactly an app that you could consider useful, while its limited design doesn’t make it any more appealing.