Better YouTube Shorts
by Young Shung
Quick Look
Enhance your YouTube Shorts experience with advanced playback controls, including a progress bar, adjustable speeds, and custom keyboard shortcuts.
AI Overview
Who is this for?
Users who want more granular control over their YouTube Shorts viewing experience.
Key Features
- → Full playback controls (progress bar, seeking, speed adjustment)
- → Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- → Auto-skip functionality
- → Volume control and mute
- → Open-source with active community suggestions
Reviews Analysis
Overall Sentiment
MixedWhile users appreciate the added controls for YouTube Shorts, many reviews mention the extension is unmaintained and suffering from bugs.
Note: AI analysis focuses on the substance and recency of reviews, which may differ from the overall store rating.
What Users Love
- ✓ Adds much-needed playback controls like progress bar and speed adjustment.
- ✓ Highly customizable with keyboard shortcuts and extra features.
- ✓ Open-source nature is a plus for some users.
Points to Consider
- × Extension is currently unmaintained and may contain bugs.
- × Potential for issues due to lack of active development.
Official Description
From the Developer
Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, progress bar and more!
Notice: This extension is currently unmaintained, expect bugs and issues. If you are interested in maintaining this repository, please create an issue or submit changes via PR in GitHub or contact me@ynshung.com.
⏭️ Control your YouTube Shorts just like a normal YouTube video! Features include progress bar, seeking, playback speed, auto skip and more. You can also customize the keybinds to your liking!
List of features:
- Progress bar at the bottom with time and duration
- Seeking 5 seconds backward and forward with arrow keys (adjustable time)
- Mini timestamp and speed above the like button (can be scrolled on!)
- Fullscreen support with F key and double click
- Decrease and increase playback speed with keys U and O
- Click the speed button to revert to normal speed or toggle between different speeds
- Toggle to auto skip short when current one ends
- Control volume with the volume slider or with - and =, mute audio with M
- Customizable keybinds
- 🌐 Supports more than 10 languages!
Extra features:
- Start short from beginning with J
- Go to the next or previous frame of the video
- Set default playback rate when first opening shorts
- Auto skip short with likes below custom threshold (e.g. 500 likes)
- Auto open comment section on each short
- Hide overlay on shorts (title, channel, etc.)
- Go to the next frame or previous frame with . and , while paused
- View counter and upload date above video title
Fully open-source with MIT License: https://github.com/ynshung/better-yt-shorts
If you have any suggestions or feedback, please let us know here: https://github.com/ynshung/better-yt-shorts#issues--suggestion
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Key Info
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Rating:
4.2/5.0
(207 ratings)
- Users:30,000
- Version:3.7.2
- Updated:Nov 11, 2024
- Developer:Visit Website →
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