Better YouTube Shorts
Playback controls (with J and L) and timestamp on YouTube Shorts.
Enhanced YouTube Shorts Navigation & Control
"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
Weekly download count: 71
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 112.58K
Email: *****@ynshung.com
URLs: Website
Ranking
# 966 ▼ 14
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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:
See moreUser reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Space to play/pause working
- Arrow keys for fforward/rewind working
- Thankful user experience
Cons
- Memory leak issues
- Progress bar not working
- Toggle to auto skip shorts not functioning
- Addon frequently becomes unresponsive and requires restarting the browser
- Issues with full-screen mode affecting functionality
Most mentioned
- Progress bar issues
- Addon instability or failure to work
- Desire for additional features or fixes
User reviews
Support for this addon has been abandoned, so use at will with whatever features that work or look for alternatives.
by Firefox user 17355228, 2025-01-01
by TelefonSquid, 2024-10-18
From my experience this has a really bad memory leak issue
by cloudiees, 2024-08-20
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Better YouTube Shorts requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Better YouTube Shorts has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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