Reviews for 'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video)
'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) by code-for-charity, ImprovedTube
Review by Gemini62167
Rated 2 out of 5
by Gemini62167, 10 months agoA fairly decent extension for YT except that it is losing some of the most desirable functions for some reason. The skip ad feature doesn't work at all no matter what option you choose.
I wouldn't mind the ads so much and let many of them play except for the fact that most of them are so ridiculous, it's like a video example of the kind of ads you find in the National Enquirer. They're utterly unbelievable (or should be), but for whatever reason it appears the same kind of marketing and advertising laws and regulations just don't seem to apply on the internet. You can claim just about anything or misrepresent, twist and bend truth with fact to confuse people into believing things with abandon. Its the same kind of tactics the consrevativce media has been using increasingly since the 1980s. It's been going on for two generations now and trying to point this out, prove fallacy with fact is impossible. And for this, I don't think I nor anyone else should be required to watch this nonsense, I don't care if it's how these videos are monetized or not. Lying and manipulation for the sake of selling product is not an excusable reason. Sorry, I'm one of the few that still believes in ethics in this society. And really, as far as YT is concerned, it wouldn't exist at all if people didn't upload videos to begin with, so I'm not one to fall on my knees in tears over the plight of YT not making enough money to keep its investors happy. They could all go f**k themselves.
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As for the functions of this extension that seemed to have ceased to work, the mixer section does not register any open tabs and thus does not work. And, should you reload your page you will have to hit the extension pinned to your toolbar to get it to begin functioning at all with those options that still work. Sad really. Because for what it is supposed to do, it offers much in a very compact and easy to use design.
I wouldn't mind the ads so much and let many of them play except for the fact that most of them are so ridiculous, it's like a video example of the kind of ads you find in the National Enquirer. They're utterly unbelievable (or should be), but for whatever reason it appears the same kind of marketing and advertising laws and regulations just don't seem to apply on the internet. You can claim just about anything or misrepresent, twist and bend truth with fact to confuse people into believing things with abandon. Its the same kind of tactics the consrevativce media has been using increasingly since the 1980s. It's been going on for two generations now and trying to point this out, prove fallacy with fact is impossible. And for this, I don't think I nor anyone else should be required to watch this nonsense, I don't care if it's how these videos are monetized or not. Lying and manipulation for the sake of selling product is not an excusable reason. Sorry, I'm one of the few that still believes in ethics in this society. And really, as far as YT is concerned, it wouldn't exist at all if people didn't upload videos to begin with, so I'm not one to fall on my knees in tears over the plight of YT not making enough money to keep its investors happy. They could all go f**k themselves.
To continue...
As for the functions of this extension that seemed to have ceased to work, the mixer section does not register any open tabs and thus does not work. And, should you reload your page you will have to hit the extension pinned to your toolbar to get it to begin functioning at all with those options that still work. Sad really. Because for what it is supposed to do, it offers much in a very compact and easy to use design.
Developer response
posted 10 months agoHi! :)
> you will have to hit the extension pinned to your toolbar to get it to begin functioning
in the current firefox you have to first allow extensions to run always.
you don't sound like giving this free public service less than 5 stars (what makes one greedy or believing in negative-motivation?)
Ads: the features hides all banners and tries to skip different version of the skip button it is just one in 200 features, not relevant, not unique and we might stop or separate it for legal clarity https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/2751#issuecomment-2560581960 (read all by @improvedtube)
BTW currently a bug might disables a few more features unnecessarily and unfortunately firefox has not viewed the fix yet since December 29.
> you will have to hit the extension pinned to your toolbar to get it to begin functioning
in the current firefox you have to first allow extensions to run always.
you don't sound like giving this free public service less than 5 stars (what makes one greedy or believing in negative-motivation?)
Ads: the features hides all banners and tries to skip different version of the skip button it is just one in 200 features, not relevant, not unique and we might stop or separate it for legal clarity https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/2751#issuecomment-2560581960 (read all by @improvedtube)
BTW currently a bug might disables a few more features unnecessarily and unfortunately firefox has not viewed the fix yet since December 29.
792 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Nahuel, 3 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by LL K, 3 days agoThe extension offers a lot of useful features, but it severely affected my Firefox performance immediately after installation. The browser became noticeably slower, and C.P.U. usage spiked by ~35%. From what I’ve seen in other reviews, the developer tends to dismiss, and deny these performance issues rather than investigating, or assisting affected users; replying with responses in denial, instead of looking into the issue. Unfortunately, due to these problems and the lack of constructive support, I cannot recommend this extension.
- Rated 1 out of 5by keenoy, 5 days agoIt's works fine on PC but not on mobile. Blacklist does not work at all and even freezes the browser.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19217864, 5 days agoAbandoned by Enhancer (for YouTube) and, looking for a replacement, switched to this one. I hardly miss Enhancer at all. The only thing I really miss in the change of extension is the comments of youtube, sorted by most recent by default. It seems to me that this extension can't do that. Other than that, everything looks great.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 14188159, 6 days agoIt has some nice options and settings possibilities. But unfortunately, some things do not work properly and my browser (Librefox on Linux) becomes completely overloaded, to the point where it even suggests deactivating the add-on! This has happened several times now and is therefore not usable for me.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Александр, 7 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by SparklingEyes, 9 days agoVery nice add-on that improves the YouTube experience in many ways. The only feature I currently miss is volume control with the mouse wheel. Would be terrific if this could be added in the future. :)
- Rated 5 out of 5by TaKu, 12 days agopodrías añadir soporte para desabilitar el doblaje automático de videos
- Rated 4 out of 5by Keaton42, 15 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by jI, 16 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Lilith D. Bracken, 17 days agoI really like this extension. It makes YouTube so much cleaner and easier to use. You can hide all the distracting stuff, change the layout, and add helpful tweaks that make watching and browsing feel smoother. It’s lightweight and doesn’t slow things down, which is great. The shortcuts and filters are super handy for managing videos and playlists too. Overall, it just makes YouTube feel more organized and personal. Once you start using it, it’s hard to imagine going back to the default version.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Vin, 21 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by MazteR, 21 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by elviomoura, 23 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Fotomon, 24 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18071775, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Hrodvitnir, a month agoI'm a big fan of this, but I did come here to mention/ask about the hiding the shorts reels/forcing normal player not working - but I see someone said it's on mobile specifically. I have zero understanding of coding or how to use github except following specific instructions, so wouldn't have a clue how I could add the mobile URL if that other person didn't.
Developer response
posted a month agohi :) (then consider to not down-vote hat you like? :D) a point of open source is one volunteer (or one commercial company) wont be enough / best for millions of users and 1000s of use-cases. You guys can really copy paste the mobile URL from the browser bar. (Or even search for the desktop URL in the code, to add it there as synonym (=Code contribution) And at doubt just ask, chatgpt and or on github, and so on. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19438257, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Yevhen Tretiakov, a month ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by stapuft, a month agoWorks allright, but on mobile, you have tonswitch to "desktop mode" to make some features work, like automatically redirecting from the shitty "shorts" page to the actual YouTube page for the video.
Developer response
posted a month agoHi! Please add the mobile URL in our github repo if you will. This is made for www.youtube since 2012 (and www.youtube changes alone required a lot of volunteering). The descriptions sais "... (+preparing mobile m.youtube)". (Please give fair feedback. We could flag it as "Misplaced bug report or support request", but prefer to keep information visible.) - Rated 5 out of 5by Lakyn, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by MetalGear89, a month agoFantastic add one. Youtube is awful to use on desktop without it.
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 19465923, 2 months agoThemes and some settings are ok. I just do not like that whenever I switch from a tab to youtube and vice versa, there is a short amount of time where the page reloads. I have no idea why it keeps doing this. It also has issues wherein despite not enabling the "Force videos to start from the beginning", it still forces videos to start from the beginning. It's annoying and worth the uninstall. Hopefully they fix such issues by then