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DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube version history - 25 versions

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube by Ajay (SponsorBlock)

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DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube version history - 25 versions

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  • Latest version

    Version 2.0.9

    Released Apr 28, 2025 - 3.16 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    • Add some more improvements for reliability of thumbnail replacing logic to avoid thumbnails getting hidden due to YouTube page changes

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Older versions

    Version 2.0.7

    Released Mar 21, 2025 - 3.14 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    • Fix thumbnail's being blank on new a/b tested YouTube layout
    • Add new German notification format
    • Fix YouTube TV breakage

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 2.0.5

    Released Mar 9, 2025 - 3.14 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    • Fix title and thumbnail replacements on /live/ links which many people are now being redirected too
    • Fix race condition making original thumbnails sometimes show when they shouldn't
    • Add option for only showing casual icon when there is also a submitted custom title
    • Add option to show the custom title on hover if a casual mode title is being shown
    • Shrink show original button margin
    • Handle title changes by the creator in casual mode
    • Don't format original title in casual vote menu
    • Fix error about this.button being undefined
    • Fix document script player client fetching
    • Fix duplicate thumbnail renders on some videos

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 2.0.1

    Released Feb 18, 2025 - 3.13 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    • New feature: DeArrow Casual Mode
    • Keep original titles when they describe the video well enough and are clever or funny. Choose which categories of titles you want to see. You'll be able to vote if a title fits into a category or not
    • https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/DeArrow/Casual_mode
    • Fixed formatter treating compound words incorrectly for sentence case detection
    • Remove superscripts from fancy text converter
    • Add support for more notification formats
    • Better show original on hover settings text

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.10.2

    Released Jan 13, 2025 - 2.62 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Handle when local storage gets reset
    - Might fix the age old issue where the entire extension randomly becomes corrupted
    - Add more special chars to fancy text converter
    - Add support for more notification formats
    - Persist act as vip toggle

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.10.1

    Released Dec 23, 2024 - 2.62 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Title formatter fixes
    - Add words to the allowlist
    - Capitalize words after slashes and dashes in title case
    - Add characters to fancy text remover
    - Fix UI breaking with vorapis v3 installed
    - There is still no actual support for vorapis v3
    - Use anti translated title in submission box to avoid mistaken submissions of the wrong language

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.10

    Released Dec 13, 2024 - 2.62 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Add notification box support
    - Notifications are raw text, so to support them the extension needs to know the different formats. If you use DeArrow in a language other than English, please consider submitting some of the notification formats you see in this form: https://forms.gle/dwqPhAku2sBBns4F9
    - Add native option to not show translated titles
    - If you have another extension for this, such as anti-translate, it is best to remove that extension and replace it by enabling this option
    - Fix visual issues for shorts on homepage

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.9.5

    Released Dec 11, 2024 - 2.62 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Add option to only format user submitted titles
    - Fix old title submissions not being deleted when backspaced
    - Delete non-selected unsubmitted titles and thumbs on submit
    - Fix onboarding box having scrollbar
    - Fix casing in guidelines box (thanks @mini-bomba )
    - Make options page more compact
    - Title formatter updates
    - Fix title on watch page sometimes becoming hidden and not coming back

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.9.3

    Released Nov 3, 2024 - 2.6 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Fix low quality thumbnails being shown in submission box
    - Fix sometimes thumbnails in submission box not appearing
    - Fix hoverplay hider on new layout
    - Fix shorts thumbnails on channel pages not getting replaced

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.9.1

    Released Oct 24, 2024 - 2.6 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Add support for channel trailers
    - Initial support for new YouTube layout
    - Add new guideline checkbox system and auto-warnings for common mistakes
    - Show both title and sentence case title in submission menu preview
    - Remove fancy text in submission menu

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.8

    Released Sep 21, 2024 - 2.58 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Convert fancy unicode text into standard latin characters
    - Support new format for shorts videos in feeds
    - Fix titles sometimes getting hidden when they shouldn't

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.7.1

    Released Sep 5, 2024 - 2.57 MB
    Works with firefox 102.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Support submitting thumbnails on videos with server-side rendered ads
    - Rename channel allowlist tab to "Channel-specific settings"
    - Change keybind to disable extension as it is too easy to press
    - Add a better indication for when the extension is disabled for people who accidentally disabled it
    - Fix channel avatars disappearing on collaborative playlists (thanks @PasttaTypo )
    - Add a warning when submitting an original thumbnail for the first time

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.6.4

    Released Jun 21, 2024 - 2.55 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Another fix for a/b test thumbnail remover from causing grey thumbnails from appearing
    - Added failure checking to a/b test thumbnail remover to leave the thumbnails be if it can't find the original
    - Fix titles on mobile sometimes not changing

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.6.2

    Released Jun 12, 2024 - 2.55 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Support new playlist header images
    - Fix a/b test thumbnail remover from causing grey thumbnails from appearing
    - Send video duration to detect a new YouTube experiment which makes the submitted thumbnail time inaccurate

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.6

    Released May 16, 2024 - 2.54 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Add option to desaturate thumbnails (thanks @jgoedde )
    - Add option to not hide video details while fetching (thanks @54ac)
    - Add keybinds for enabling and opening submission menu
    - Fix upvoting title removing it from local submitted list
    - Add better indication that upvotes and downvotes worked
    - Fix trimmed title preventing submitted title from being selected
    - Add delay after submitted before refreshing submissions for that video

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  • Version 1.5.11

    Released Mar 22, 2024 - 2.54 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Fix behavior of "Display show original button for auto-formatted titles" setting behavior
    - Always capitalize last word in title case
    - Change how fetch is made to make sure to show unverified submissions in voting box

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.5.10

    Released Mar 19, 2024 - 2.53 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    Make UI follow chosen title casing style
    Remove submissions from stored unsubmitted list when downvoted

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.5.9

    Released Mar 11, 2024 - 2.53 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    Fix importing options in options page not working

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  • Version 1.5.8

    Released Mar 6, 2024 - 2.53 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Fix submission menu on layout with description on right
    - Add fallback method for listen for new thumbnails appearing
    - Should fix issue on Safari and sometimes on other browsers where sometimes titles and thumbnails are blank until a refresh

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.5.6

    Released Mar 1, 2024 - 2.53 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Fix layout issues on newer YouTube layout with description on right
    - Add support for related videos in the description
    - Submission thumbnail improvements, and fix rendering on Firefox
    - Add more words to formatter allowlist
    - Prevent storage writing rate limits from being hit

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  • Version 1.5.3

    Released Feb 24, 2024 - 2.54 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    Fix issue causing extension to break when running with latest version of BlockTube (version 0.4.1)

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  • Version 1.5.2

    Released Jan 30, 2024 - 2.54 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Fix vote icons not appearing in light theme
    - Fix original thumbnail votes on livestreams not working
    - Fix blank titles not showing custom title

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  • Version 1.5.1

    Released Jan 29, 2024 - 2.54 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Add downvotes, and act as vip option
    - Add new generated thumbnail for upcoming videos if "random thumbnails" are enabled
    - Add support for generated random thumbnails on livestreams
    - Better handle difference in random thumbnail timestamps
    - Title formatter updates (thanks @SuperStormer )
    - Add compatibility with Tube Archivist extension (needs changes on their end to be merged as well)
    - Fix unsubmitted titles not being deleted when pressing reset on a title

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.4

    Released Jan 8, 2024 - 2.53 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Add a way to import/export local storage
    - Update title formatting word list
    - When "Show original on hover" is enabled, the title text for the show original button changes to the title of the video to make it easier to see longer video title
    - Fix age restricted videos sometimes not falling back to autogenerated thumbnails
    - Improve performance for fallback to "random time" by using YouTube autogenerated thumbnails if the thumbnail cache is not available in these cases
    - Most useful on older/unpopular videos
    - Should fix issues where playback stutters on first load of these videos

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  • Version 1.3

    Released Dec 20, 2023 - 2.52 MB
    Works with firefox 56.0 and later, android 120.0 and later
    - Title formatting changes
    - Update word lists
    - Fix hyphenated words counting as "custom capitalization"
    - Remove force don't format from non-smart formatters
    - Add option to use capital case for non english titles
    - Speed up title fetching in certain cases
    - Fix clip page breaking extension
    - Fix transparent background for mixes creating weird look
    - Fix duation of videos not appearing on mobile YouTube
    - Fix empty thumbnails causing errors when failing to remove ab thumbnail
    - Fix submit button not working when title is a zero width space
    - Fix a special case where some YouTube featured videos are linked as playlists even though they display a normal video title
    - Add warning about out of date browsers
    - Add warning about when extension sync storage is disabled
    - Make hover preview work for shorts on mobile
    - Fixes for local thumbnail generation
    - Add error message when license key invalid
    - Fix invisible license key on light mode

    Source code released under GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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