Reviews for YouTube Search Fixer
YouTube Search Fixer by Phoenix
Review by TGD
Rated 4 out of 5
by TGD, 3 years agoNeat little extension, the search results are much better without the recommended nonsense nobody asked for.
However, two things that could be improved crossed my mind:
1. The 'hide playlist' option. When hiding playlists is on and you filter for playlists, the extension enters an infinite loop. Would it be possible to make an if statement to check the applied filters?
2. Search in playlists function. Say I have a playlist open and want to search for a specific video within the playlist, would that be possible to make? Ctrl+F is limited to what is currently loaded on the page...
However, two things that could be improved crossed my mind:
1. The 'hide playlist' option. When hiding playlists is on and you filter for playlists, the extension enters an infinite loop. Would it be possible to make an if statement to check the applied filters?
2. Search in playlists function. Say I have a playlist open and want to search for a specific video within the playlist, would that be possible to make? Ctrl+F is limited to what is currently loaded on the page...
150 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rion, 4 days agoGot so used to Youtube behaving reasonably that when I tried a new browser without the extension I thought it had broken. Went back to add it as soon as I could!
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19775940, 8 days agoAbsolute poo. Its supposed to hide Shorts when searching. THE ONLY THING THAT SHOWS UP IN SEARCH ARE SHORTS, not one single regular video. And don't tell me it's a conflicting plugin, I went so far as to delete every other one I had, and reset the system, to try and troubleshoot the issue.
Developer response
posted 7 days agoUsing the same production version as everyone on my system and it works fine for me. Maybe try changing the setting toggles. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18863959, 10 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by P. H., 14 days ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by BigBoned, 24 days agoI love everything about this, except that I can not make it work. It does nothing, and under the stats menu it has also not blocked anything yet. I run a few other plugins, i.e. uBlock Origin and Privacybadger. YouTube is run inside FF Multiaccount Container, but when in window and hovering plugin it says it has access to the site/YouTube.
I would like to change my review if I get it to work, but until that I can not really give a better score.
All the best to the developer though, great features and it looks like it works for most people.Developer response
posted 14 days agoHi, sorry about the trouble you faced. This is indeed the first time I've heard of this. Mind coming over to gitlab and opening an issue on this page - https://gitlab.com/phoennix/youtubesearchfix/-/issues?
We can talk about this bug in a detailed and better way on there. - Rated 5 out of 5by Yeahnoiknow, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17172195, 2 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by kiyajadie, 2 months agoWas great until the recent update. The new feature that dims search results made me look for a video for an hour that was in the list but I was skipping over because I didn't recognise the grey thumbnail. Maybe I can blame my ADHD on that one. Couldn't find an option to turn it off, either.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoReally sorry about that. It is an experimental feature called "Power Search" in the settings page. Like every feature, it is optional and an oversight from my end left it enabled by default for new users.
I have released an emergency fix version 9.0.5 and it is live now. Please update to the latest version and accept my apologies for the confusion. I'm just a solo dev and despite the most rigorous testing from my end, sometimes things slip through 🙏 - Rated 5 out of 5by Marckey, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by privatery, 3 months agoI toggled on the button to hide Shorts but it is not working.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoHi there, an update has been released and it has a lot of fixes for things that broke since YouTube keeps changing things. I hope you update and enjoy a better experience. Thanks! - Rated 4 out of 5by boaw, 3 months agoi can still see youtube mixes even if the hide youtube mixes toggled on. still testing it now
Developer response
posted 2 months agoHi there, an update has been released and it has a lot of fixes for things that broke since YouTube keeps changing things. I hope you update and enjoy a better experience. Thanks! - Rated 3 out of 5by mick, 3 months agoit does what it advertiszes but it zooms the yutube hompage out even with all settings turned off so intell thats fixed ill have the exstinsion uninstilled
- Rated 5 out of 5by rafaews, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by squeaky, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by RuthlessAngel, 3 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Ebert, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17095038, 4 months agoWorks pretty well, I just wish it supported Firefox Android and the mobile version of Youtube (m.youtube.com)
- Rated 4 out of 5by Ronald, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13243261, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Corn Sandwich, 4 months agoThis is literally the greatest extension
It literally returns you back to a proper youtube where you don't feel gaslit and overstimulated by garbage algorithim and actually get to search and look for what you need.
The best.