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.
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By: Young Shung
Creation date: 2022-06-05
Weekly download count: 220
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 112.58K
Email: me*****@ynshung.com
URLs: Website
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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:
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Volume control for shorts
- Shortcut keys work well
- Auto skip shorts
Cons
- Progress bar not working for many users
- Issues with UI and features not appearing
- Toggle to disable full screen on double tap missing
Most mentioned
- Progress bar not working
- UI or features not appearing
- Volume control
- Shortcut keys
Recent reviews
Usually switches to next short, sometimes don't. And when next is an ad, it switches the audio but keeps the paused end of previous short. I have uBlock too, maybe they don't work together.
Safety
Risk impact
Better YouTube Shorts may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully 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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