Suggestions for features of the 7.0 Dtube update

Components

Recently, I've been very active on dtube and I've noticed a few features it requires to make it a better interface for the steemit blockchain. In my previous suggestion, I outlined the dtube interface and a few issues addressed here
This tutorial contains valid and useful suggestions for the new update for Dtube

Proposal

Here are a few suggestions for some features to be used on the dtube interface.
1. Addition of select image tab on the description textbox.
I've noticed that whenever a user uses the dtube interface to post, they can't include an image in the description of the video and therefore subjects our post to just the video and the text contained in the description textbox.
**2. Including a Display of video duration shown on the steemit.com main interface
I noticed that the duration of a video sometimes appears only on the dtube interface using IPFS and not on the steemit.com main site. I think it's preferable if our audience knows the duration of the video before going on the dtube link to view the video. Examples and images are shown below to explain this better.
**3. Reducing of trafficking while uploading using IPFS. **
Yesterday when I was trying to upload was really stressful. The procedure took me thirty minutes before I could upload a video. I had to wait in a long queue and it was discouraging.

Granted that the IPFS is a slow
InterPlanetary File System to create and modify a content-addressable, peer-to-peer method of storing and sharing hypermedia in a distributed file system.

It should be upgraded and make uploading a lot easier.

Mockups / Examples

• feature 1 (Adding of Image on the description textbox)
The image below displays the current dtube interface on the site.

This image below displays how the dtube interface using textbox should look like.

• feature 2 (including a display of video duration shown on steemit.com interface).
The screenshot image below displays how the dtube link should look like on the main steemit.com site.

1. feature 3 (reducing of trafficking 🚥 while uploading using IPFS)
   
   Hopefully, this issue will be sorted out on the next update.

Benefits

Of course we all know that dtube is gradually replacing YouTube and this features will play a major role in achieving that dream and also make steemit a whole lot better.

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