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Show HN: Search YouTube without stopping the video, and make your own playlists
- SimonSelg 10y agoLove it! Thanks!
- gozmike 10y agoGreat extension! I added it to ProductHunt for you: https://www.producthunt.com/tech/youtube-stay https://www.producthunt.com/tech/youtube-stay Good luck!
- gozmike 10y agoI really would love to know why this gets downvoted. I gave the author additional exposure for his work. I've been on HN for years and this is the first time I've seen something like this.
- dingo_bat 10y agoMaybe a good idea would be to require a comment from the first 5 down voters of a comment.
- teach 10y agoI didn't downvote you, but it looks like a spammish comment to me. Knowing nothing about the situation, it looks like 1. You work for ProductHunt. 2. This is a veiled promotion of "your" site. 3. In any case, the comment adds nothing to the conversation for HN readers. It's merely a personal message to the OP. As someone who has also been on Hacker News for years, that's my take. Edit: You'll notice that other, similar "low-value" top-level comments have also been downvoted: "Love it! Thanks!" and "good job". Although such comments are polite to OP, they add nothing but noise for all the other readers of the thread.
- learnaholic 10y agoHow about making the HTML5 video element a hovering dialog which always stays in view and you can continue to search and browse youtube the way you want. Pretty much analogous to the YouTube Android app?
- darajava 10y agoThere are already extensions which do the same. I didn't want to put too many features in the one program. I like to keep it simple :) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/floating-for-youtube/jjphmlaoffndcnecccgemfdaaoighkel https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/floating-for-youtu...
- learnaholic 10y agoIt isn't exactly the same what I had in mind. But anyway, good job.
- ato42 10y agogood job
- personjerry 10y agoCareful, you might accidentally get hired by Google
- neotek 10y agoMore like you might accidentally have Google decide your extension doesn't align with their business requirements and arbitrarily force you out of the Chrome store (after, incidentally, having made it nearly impossible for non-technical users to install extensions outside of Google's walled garden.) http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/07/21/how-youtube-killed-an-extension-with-300000-users/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/07/21/how-youtube-killed-...
- ycosynot 10y agoThis is why I had foolishly started my own browser. It is scary to think that the computing experience is limited and defined by one company and its practical monopoly. There should be something which is like Chromium, but more Chromium than Chromium, and enforced by law, and which other browsers plug into, or derive from, so they can't force the world into one standard experience, if it makes sense. (and same thing for Facebook, there should be a fundamental social network which has an API for others to plug into). I don't know if it's a failure of democracy, or if it's better that way. (also, the extension is nice). Anyway, eventually we'll make extensions through the layer on top, by graphical analysis, and then no one can prevent it.
- personjerry 10y agoAre you saying that web standards should go further and there should actually be a open-source web standards library?
- ycosynot 10y agoYes, open-source by law, but only the very basics. It'd seem fine to me if they implemented it closed-source on top, as long as it has the expected functionality.
- andy_ppp 10y agoI mean YouTube UI is a disgrace really, what is it about big companies that stop them from being able to do design properly (even Apple post Jobs is starting to experience this).
- Kiro 10y agoDo you have any examples or are you just saying that because you hate big companies?
- Sylos 10y agoWhat he's referring to is subjective for sure, but for example, the Google Search page has lost a lot of UI-options for selecting different search limitations over the past few years. One of the least subjectively dumb decisions that they pushed through, was to change the "+"-operator from making a word obligatory to searching for this word on Google+. This one, I suppose, would go under just straight-up arrogance. In general, though, I would ascribe it to bigger companies having a higher percentage of graphics designers, as opposed to regular programmers working on the UI. And well, programmers will generally put more options and things into a UI than your average UI person. And if you like options and things, then the UI person's UI is subjectively worse.
- tdkl 10y agoIt's the result when pendulum swung from Google being out of place regarding design to madness of designers running the show (whitespaces, huge fonts, images on a desktop intended website). It's engineered to cater the most average Internet user. A drone. Stick out of the average with your wishes and you're out of luck.
- erelde 10y agoOne possible reason: think of the groups that formed on Facebook each time they changed the design, they didn't have any impact but they still existed that part of users.
- darajava 10y agoI think YouTube is amazing!!!
- smegel 10y agoMagic Actions for YouTube is also worth checking out.
- crypt1d 10y agoWhat probably annoys me the most about youtube, is that there is no elegant way to queue the next song easily and without a few second of 'buffer' between them.
- darajava 10y agoI hope this helps then! :D
- epa 10y agoThey used to have instant playlists, where you press a (+) button on a video and it would add it to your queue - I have no idea why they removed this feature. That combined with the mess that is 'next video' and relevant videos has really paved the way for sites like SoundCloud to dominate online music.
- vityaz_ 10y agoNice, this is something that has been driving me mad. Always liked how bandcamp or soundcloud kept playing the music in the background while browsing. Not the exact same, but seeing as how YT requires the videos to always be visible when played I guess it's as good as it can get.
- agumonkey 10y agoI have a blurry memory that at one point, the desktop youtube website (not mobile; not app; a long time ago) had continuous side search.
- RGamma 10y agoFor me the site requires a video to be visible once, so it starts to play. Playlists, once started, play indefinitely in the background regardless.
- globolobo 10y agoI was just talking about exactly this like 3 days ago with my one of my friends, awesome stuff, good job!!
- splike 10y agoOn the subject of YouTube related chrome extensions, I created one called WikiTube a couple of years ago. Its super simple, and just adds relevant YouTube videos to the top of Wikipedia pages. I'm quite happy with it https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikitube/aneddidibfifdpbeppmpoackniodpekj?hl=en-GB https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikitube/aneddidib...
- parr0t 10y agoThat's really cool, I like it.
- darajava 10y agoSuch a cool idea! Installed and I already love it!
- dvdgsng 10y agoThanks. Another very good extension for youtube is 'Youtube Plus': https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-plus/nkdalpbojfdilmiboaiedicdbigdabpb?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-plus/nkdal...
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- rjuyal 10y agoThis is awesome. By the way is it open sourced as well? Would love to learn from this.
- kschiffer 10y agoVery nice, love it! BTW is there any plugin that hides videos with over a certain amount of views? (I know I'm so edgy, right)
- erelde 10y agoWhat is your rationale behind that ? (curious)
- kschiffer 10y agoMy general distaste for popular culture, I guess… Seriously though: there are of course exceptions, but my experience is that videos with 2+ million views aren't for me, as well as all the videos and channels featured by youtube itself, which usually fall into this category. When I see those, I won't watch them, so might as well just filter them out. Especially true for music. Just a personal preference, really.
- elbear 10y agoMaybe you have become biased by the number of views. You could try, as an experiment, to write a script that hides the number of views as well as likes and dislikes. Then keep track of the videos you liked and disliked and then check how many views they have.
- kschiffer 10y agoThat is actually a neat idea. Trying it out now :)
- okal 10y agoI do something similar with a custom stylesheet for Twitter. It hides follower count, and since I use it almost exclusively on desktop, it works quite well at helping me avoid being biased for/against a potential follow because of their numbers.
- nachtigall 10y agoNow that Firefox (at least Dev Edition) is almost WebExtensions ready I wonder if... Does it work in Firefox 48? http://arewewebextensionsyet.com/ http://arewewebextensionsyet.com/
- smoyer 10y agoIt doesn't appear to ... you can change the "Add to Chrome" button in the Google Play Store to "Add to Firefox" using the "Chrome Store Foxified" add-on in Firefox [1]. Now the button on the "YouTube Stay" page let's me add the add-on to Firefox (temporarily as it's not signed). I'm running Firefox Developer Edition 48.0a2. [1] http://www.ghacks.net/2016/05/23/install-google-chrome-extensions-firefox/ http://www.ghacks.net/2016/05/23/install-google-chrome-exten...
- nachtigall 10y agoThanks for testing! Would be interesting what API method(s) this extension uses that make it incompatible with Firefox, or if it's just a Firefox bug? Maybe the OP cares to consider ;) Would love it.
- n4r9 10y agoThis is fantastic, it's always been a pain to move between Youtube videos at social happenings. Out of curiosity, are there any plans to make this a collaborative feature, perhaps just over the local network by integrating with Chromecast?
- slmkbh 10y agoWell, there always is (slightly nsfwish url) http://twoyoutubevideosandamotherfuckingcrossfader.com/ http://twoyoutubevideosandamotherfuckingcrossfader.com/
- roansh 10y agoWhy does it need permission to Read and Change the data on _all_ of the websites that a user visits? There are so many cool extensions but most of them need access to every single domain - even if its functionality doesn't need it. Which is what keeps me (and probably a lot many other people) away from installing them.
- shortstuffsushi 10y agoI don't think you have the option to say "this app needs Read and Change for just this one domain," it's pretty much an all or nothing sort of deal. This one uses it to edit the page on YouTube, so it has to require it for all.
- roansh 10y agoThere is! In extension's manifest.json you can mention for which URLs your extension needs permission. This extension is asking for "http://*/*" http://*/*", "https://*/*" https://*/*". Which is all of them.
- tnorthcutt 10y agoYou do have that option. WikiTube, mentioned elsewhere in this thread, only requires read & change permissions for "all wikipedia.org sites".
- BinaryResult 10y agoIndeed, that one was an insta-add for me, this one however I will pass on until it is similarly restricted to youtube domains.
- xyclos 10y agoa pull request has already been merged: https://github.com/darajava/youtube-smooth/pull/24 https://github.com/darajava/youtube-smooth/pull/24
- ElijahLynn 10y agoLove the new UX, hopefully YouTube contacts you for integration globally!
- jharohit 10y agoThis is a perfect use case mate! love it
- kafeltz 10y agoI think we should create an extension to fix that `search` behavior and using placeholder html5 attribute. Every time I focus on that the text moves. =D
- rakshithbekal 10y agoCan you make one similar for edge?
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- foobarbecue 10y agoI've been wanting to make one that displays times mentioned in comments on the time bar. Ideally the interface could be expanded to add annotations to videos and even graph funniness over time. Has anyone seen something like this out there yet?
- darajava 10y agoCool idea! I will steal it if you don't do it! :D
- foobarbecue 10y agoHey, wanna team up and do it together!? I got started here: https://github.com/foobarbecue/ytime https://github.com/foobarbecue/ytime
- crisnoble 10y agoThis was the feature that kept me coming back to soundcloud initially, it would probably be much more useful on youtube.
- trevpost 10y agoI still find Youtube is the best way to listen to music while sitting around having drinks with friends. This is perfect for when everyone has a next song they want to play. Thank you!
- darajava 10y agoYou're most welcome :)
- agounaris 10y agolove it!
- Splendor 10y agoThanks for sharing this. I'm excited to try this out because I use the YouTube iOS app with Chromecast exclusively because of how easy it is to create ad-hoc playlists and queue up items while you're watching.
- wahsd 10y ago"even" better? When was it ever really good? It is a video delivery service with bare bones content discovery that is luck on good days and abjectly frustrating UX on average days.
- lfottaviano 10y agonice features, thank so much!
- ddxv 10y agoAh, this is wonderful! As someone who often browses music on youtube, I've always wanted this feature. Thank you!
- kneel 10y agoI like the functionality but that big red 'add to playlist' button is really ugly.
- darajava 10y agoSoz.
- vasili111 10y agoI think YouTube should hire you.
- downandout 10y agoOut of curiosity....since ad injection is bad, what is the most common revenue model behind very popular extensions? Donations never make much money, and only ad blockers with enormous install bases can use the extortion model. Does anyone know how extensions make money if they aren't injecting ads?
- BtM909 10y agoNot everybody is in it for the (direct) money.
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- mattbeckman 10y agoI have an extension that provides an always updated list in a niche, and the list items (with detailed info) are directed towards a website of mine with ads. I don't ask for any obtrusive permissions, and I make cents every day! lol
- taco_emoji 10y agoThey mostly don't.
- ngzhian 10y agoCool extension! My YouTube session usually happens on my subscriptions page, so I made this extension for non-stop, no-click viewing (hover to play video!): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/quickview-for-youtube/jfocolikmfgljlbblhgpkcjlpehnapkm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/quickview-for-yout...