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: 93
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 112.58K
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Ranking
# 957 ▼ 1
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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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These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
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spammy, or outdated.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
User 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
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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