Better YouTube Shorts

Playback controls (with J and L) and timestamp on YouTube Shorts.
What is Better YouTube Shorts?
"Better YouTube Shorts" is a Firefox add-on designed to enhance your viewing of YouTube Shorts by adding video playback control, such as seeking, playback speed adjustments, and a progress bar. It also includes customizable keybinds, support for various languages, and extra features to improve overall user interaction with YouTube Shorts. Open-source and community-driven, this add-on is perfect for users seeking a more feature-rich and controllable short video experience on YouTube.

Add-on stats

Users: 7,308 ▼ -3
Version: 3.7.2 (Last updated: 2024-04-07)
Creation date: 2022-06-05
Weekly download count: 62
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 112.58K
URLs: Website

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Better YouTube Shorts (v3.7.2)
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Add-on summary

⏭️ 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:

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Basic functionality works as intended for some users
  • Features like play/pause and shortcut keys are effective
  • Overall a good user experience for certain aspects
Cons
  • Memory leak issues reported
  • Progress bar functionality not working for many users
  • Toggle features often malfunctioning or not appearing
  • Problems with transitioning between shorts and ads
Most mentioned
  • Progress bar not functioning
  • Issues with the add-on's features not appearing consistently
  • Memory leak problems
Recent reviews
by TelefonSquid, 2024-10-18

From my experience this has a really bad memory leak issue
by cloudiees, 2024-08-20

by sofiehills222, 2024-07-29
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Better YouTube Shorts requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Better YouTube Shorts is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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