🚀 WHAT'S NEW (Updates from v1.2.1 → v1.4.0)

⌨ INSTANT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
• Grayscale Toggle ('G'): Instantly toggle Grayscale Mode on/off anytime using the 'G' hotkey on YouTube and Instagram, complete with a clean, floating status toast notification.
• Audio Only Toggle ('A'): Switch YouTube between video and Audio Only Mode on-the-fly using the 'A' hotkey or the floating, draggable player button.

⚡ INDEPENDENT APPEARANCE MODES
• Always-Active Grayscale & Audio Mode: Grayscale Mode (YouTube & Instagram) and Audio Only Mode (YouTube) now run independently of the global Feed Free toggle switch. Enjoy your preferred visual/audio appearance settings anytime without affecting your feed blocking rules!

📺 YOUTUBE UPDATES & ENHANCEMENTS
• Search Page Shorts Toast Notification: Added auto-dismissing notification toasts when search page Shorts shelves are hidden.
• Full Watch-Page Sidebar Nuke: Completely collapse the watch-next sidebar to stretch the main video player into a clean, full-width view.
• Hide Shorts Everywhere: Fully remove the Shorts tab and video thumbnails from creator channel pages.
• End-Screen Toggle Fix: Resolved a bug where video card overlays remained hidden after toggling the option off; styles now reset cleanly.

📸 INSTAGRAM UPDATES & ENHANCEMENTS
• Comments & Likes Count Hiding: Hide comments sections, comment counts, and post likes counts while keeping interactive Like, Comment, Share, and Save icons intact.
• Hide Professional Dashboard: Strips away creator/business metric links and icons from the sidebar navigation panel.
• Stories Tray Overhaul: Choose to hide stories on Home feed only, or go nuclear with "Stories Everywhere" to scrub trays, highlights, and profile rings globally.
• Dynamic Comments Restoration: Hidden comments are tagged on-page for instant restoration when toggled off without requiring page reloads.

🎨 SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS & UI
• Floating Glassmorphic Scrollbar: Redesigned the popup scrollbar with an ultra-subtle floating translucent glass pill thumb (backdrop-filter: blur).
• Unified Heartbeat Engine: Merged background cleanup intervals into an optimized 2.5-second heartbeat loop to minimize CPU & memory consumption.
• Scope & Stability: Enforced strict desktop-only domain scope (youtube.com, instagram.com) for rock-solid stability and zero layout interference.

🚀 WHAT'S NEW (v1.1.0 to v1.2.1)

📺 YOUTUBE UPDATES
• NEW — Full Watch-Page Sidebar Nuke: Collapses the sidebar to stretch the video player full-width.
• NEW — Hide Shorts Everywhere: Wipes out Shorts tabs and thumbnails directly from creator channel pages.
• NEW — Hide End Screens: Removes video card overlays, with fixed clean style resets when toggled off.
• NEW — Advanced Guide Clean-up: Option to hide Subscriptions, Explore, Report History (with divider layout fixes), and "More from YouTube".
• FIXES & TWEAKS: Scoped home grid blocks to prevent breaks on channel grids and playlist videos; synchronized music mode wave-bar pause behavior.

📸 INSTAGRAM UPDATES
• NEW — Hide Professional Dashboard: Strips creator/business links and icons from the sidebar navigation.
• NEW — Stories Overhaul: Choose to hide the tray on the Home feed or block stories, highlights, and rings globally.
• NEW — Unified Comments Block & Restore: Hides comments while keeping captions, with layout attributes for instant restoration without page reloads.
• NEW — UI Elements: Renders profile pictures as soft squares; individually toggle off Notes, Likes, and Notifications.
• FIXES: Re-scoped feed-hiding rules to protect layout grids on user profiles and your personal "Saved" section.

⚙️ GLOBAL & SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
• Global Grayscale Mode: Apply a black & white filter to both platforms to eliminate color-driven loop traps.
• Core Engine Boost: Upgraded synchronous Anti-Flicker scripts for instant filtering during dynamic SPA page switches.
• Support Additions: Added a prefilled support email trigger and a shortcut link to the public source code repository.