Reviews for 'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video)
'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) by code-for-charity, ImprovedTube
Review by LezBoyd
Rated 2 out of 5
by LezBoyd, 5 years agoI downloaded it for one singular purpose, which is for reversing playlists. But this is a very fickle feature, and hasn't worked for me yet.
First, it would un-reverse the playlist as soon as it loaded the next video. I restarted Firefox and this no longer happens, but it still auto-plays the next video as per the original order instead of the reversed order.
So either I am missing out on configuring something, or this is a bug in the extension that needs fixing. I hope the developer responds to this and helps me out.
Answer to Developer: "reversing Playlists works visually only + reverses skip buttons. yet youtube's autoplay doesn't consider the reverse order" - This is important information to mention in your extension's description. Also, you do not have a help section to explain the various features in detail at your website. Your website seems focused only on reporting issues before writing a review, and not really helping your user understand how to use your extension.
When one reads "reverse playlist" the natural expectation is that it also reverses the auto-play order, not just the visual order. Why would I want to just view a list in reverse? I would most llikely also want to play it in reverse. Maybe this is why this feature is getting so many complaints. I would suggest either updating your description to say "reverse playlists (visually only, does not reverse play order)", or reverse the play order also when "reverse playlist" option is enabled.
Anyway, having said that, I did try out other features and so far they work well, and the interface is also clean and easy to navigate. But I was looking for an extension to help me play lists in reverse order, which your extension claimed to do, but doesn't. Hence, I am not going to update my rating. I will definitely give you better rating if you fix this.
First, it would un-reverse the playlist as soon as it loaded the next video. I restarted Firefox and this no longer happens, but it still auto-plays the next video as per the original order instead of the reversed order.
So either I am missing out on configuring something, or this is a bug in the extension that needs fixing. I hope the developer responds to this and helps me out.
Answer to Developer: "reversing Playlists works visually only + reverses skip buttons. yet youtube's autoplay doesn't consider the reverse order" - This is important information to mention in your extension's description. Also, you do not have a help section to explain the various features in detail at your website. Your website seems focused only on reporting issues before writing a review, and not really helping your user understand how to use your extension.
When one reads "reverse playlist" the natural expectation is that it also reverses the auto-play order, not just the visual order. Why would I want to just view a list in reverse? I would most llikely also want to play it in reverse. Maybe this is why this feature is getting so many complaints. I would suggest either updating your description to say "reverse playlists (visually only, does not reverse play order)", or reverse the play order also when "reverse playlist" option is enabled.
Anyway, having said that, I did try out other features and so far they work well, and the interface is also clean and easy to navigate. But I was looking for an extension to help me play lists in reverse order, which your extension claimed to do, but doesn't. Hence, I am not going to update my rating. I will definitely give you better rating if you fix this.
Developer response
posted 5 years ago2022: Hey! we found a great solution, sorry to notify you late, but please try again!! :)
2021: hi! =) oww sorry, first time you tried? This is the least singular extension...( Likely you find more features useful. We try hard: https://github.com/code4charity/YouTube-Extension/issues?q=playlist+reverse+ - Should we split this into 100 extensions, to have a deserved amount of success?) - Yes, reversing Playlists works visually only + reverses skip buttons. yet youtube's autoplay doesn't consider the reverse order. - Hopefully we can still fix this futureproof - But if Youtube changes break it again we will just have to remove the word "reverse" from the descriptions... (unless we get funding to work on everything all the time). (Unfortunately this feature brought the most negative reviews. We got resilience in catching up, but a feature should not cost as much & harm the project, while other nice features need no updates for very long periods of time.) Appreciated if you update the stars.
2021: hi! =) oww sorry, first time you tried? This is the least singular extension...( Likely you find more features useful. We try hard: https://github.com/code4charity/YouTube-Extension/issues?q=playlist+reverse+ - Should we split this into 100 extensions, to have a deserved amount of success?) - Yes, reversing Playlists works visually only + reverses skip buttons. yet youtube's autoplay doesn't consider the reverse order. - Hopefully we can still fix this futureproof - But if Youtube changes break it again we will just have to remove the word "reverse" from the descriptions... (unless we get funding to work on everything all the time). (Unfortunately this feature brought the most negative reviews. We got resilience in catching up, but a feature should not cost as much & harm the project, while other nice features need no updates for very long periods of time.) Appreciated if you update the stars.
875 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19975836, 9 hours ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Thingman, 16 hours agoOptions do not do anything, probably phising scam....
Only dark mode button did anything...
Piece of junk. Tried hard refresh etc. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13302641, 2 days agoFinally an addon that allows me make YouTube look the way I want!
- Rated 4 out of 5by TT, 4 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by SpuddedShield, 5 days ago
Developer response
posted 10 days agothat's just a new/experimental one. how many in 100s did you try?- Rated 3 out of 5by burak, 20 days agopiyasada işlevsel özellikleri olan uzantıları (unhook, shortsblock,youtube auto hd vb.) tek uzantıda derlemeye çalışmışlar gibi. ancak çoğu özelliği o tekil eklentilerden kullanmayı tercih ediyorum zira daha iyi çalışıyorlar.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17790593, 25 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by hitesa277, a month agoAdd way to remove the mixes youtube makes on every video? Thanks for help.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Seb, a month agoInsane amount of options. Needed to calibrate the website precisely and it did everything I needed and more. Just wish I had found out about the extension sooner.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Machy7, 2 months agoI only use this addon for setting the quality of videos to 1080p, and it does that, so its cool.
- Rated 5 out of 5by THX1138, 2 months agoAbsolutes MUST-HAVE. Theme-Farben werden wieder angezeigt. Vielen Dank!
Developer response
posted 10 days agothemes are updated,
if you happen to spot anything, then please make a bug report. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18811424, 2 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by LK, 2 months agoSo, I installed this for the sole purpose of having Youtube playlists in reverse order but this is not working
There are quite a few features that are interesting but this extension causes some bugs as well. All videos start and then go back to the beginning after one second or so
The tweaks that work are great but if the page load is heavy and the features I'm most interested in don't work I cannot justify using this extensionDeveloper response
posted 25 days agohi, youtube's DOM >1mb and video are heavy on old hardware. The extension is generally lightweight and will be optimized further and updated regularly. That 'bug' may was a workaround with a feature (Autoplay off) that was better for that feature than failing and improved in the latest version. Still users may not enable too many features to remember all at once. And we may add extra clues / statistics for any workarounds eventually. - Rated 5 out of 5by zeizey, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mirka, 3 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by AB, 3 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by D_S, 3 months agoThe settings will not be retained. Every new page load is unchanged even though the settings are listed as active.
Developer response
posted 3 months agounlikely unless your storage device is locked or broken! please double check what you are doing (m.youtube.com support is limited) and make a bug report if still necessary. https://github.com/code-charity/youtube
thanks - Rated 1 out of 5by William, 3 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18603228, 3 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Mars, 3 months agoWhile the features this addon provides are great, I am unable to use any of them because every time I attempt to install this extension, my computer becomes unusably laggy regardless of whether youtube is active or not. My computer gets so laggy that youtube videos are no longer able to play. Am not sure if this is an issue on my end or on the developer's end but this extension is completely unusable for me.
Developer response
posted 3 months agoPlease check the browser console F12 and make a bug report https://github.com/code-charity/youtube Please disable your features one by one to find the breaking one. If real, of course this is important and urgent (yet also unlikely even two reviews in a row saying "my computer is slow" mean nothing real, since the thought is contagious.) - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13507781, 3 months agoFor the past few days, some YouTube pages in Firefox have been experiencing terrible page freezes. The built-in manager shows a load of 100% or even 200+%. When the add-on is disabled and the page is reopened, everything returns to normal.
Developer response
posted 3 months agoPlease check the browser console F12 and make a bug report https://github.com/code-charity/youtube . Please disable your features one by one to find the breaking one. - Rated 5 out of 5by Alexander Falkor, 4 months ago