@Pasha: I haven't done extensive performance tests, but it's helpful to know that this extension uses the Greasemonkey code, so most likely the performance difference is minimal.

What these extensions do is save you the time of hunting down all the different user scripts and configuring them using the GM interface (with matching on URLs, etc.)

If you're already running GM, that benefit probably isn't huge; but for users who just want a few good YouTube tweaks in one package, this is it.

Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor

Thanks for this! I have a question though. What is better for my firefox, greasemonkey, or a compiled script, like this extension?
The only thing i can say so far, is that when an extension is installed, i have to restart, where with greasemonkey, i just refersh.
What about performance and memory, what works better?

Pasha

Center and Enlarged doesn't work for me either. Actually, it worked once, and after that it no longer enlarges the video. Great extension guys. I look forward to the next bug fix.

qbix

Looks promising although it doesn't seem to "fully" work with 3.0 nightlies. I checked "Center and Enlarge Video" and it does center it (moving the description down) but enlarging doesn't work for some reason. Manually editing the size with Firebug works fine though. The Error Console doesn't show anything related and I disabled FlashBlock for youtube.
I don't know waht information else to provide, but I guess I should try it on a fresh profile first before complaining :D
xeen

xeen

Running version 0.2, Firefox 2.0.0.9 on Vista Ultimate -- works perfectly for me. Thanks Gina!

Shmoo

Anyone's Better Gmail stoppped working since the recent gmail update? ("Older version" link listed in top left toolbar if you've gotten the update.)

glitch1138

Running Gran Paradiso Alpha 8, doesn't want to install, saying that it doesn't provide secure updates.

citizen.lambda

Right on, all, thanks for being my brave testers. Fix just published--version 0.2. Get it using the Find Updates button in the Add-ons dialog or just click the download link above.

And do let me know if it's not working for you as expected, or if you have a favorite user script or skin you'd like to see included.

Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor

@Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor: Just letting you know, works beautifully on Flock 1.0 under XP Pro.

Thank you for this and the Better GMail extensions!

-A

Adam Chernow

@Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor: Happy to help!

AragornsBeard

HA! Well now I feel like a huge idiot. Ok, bug found and fixed. Posting update now. Thanks for helping me debug!

Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor

@Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor: Ah yes, it seems to work with youtube.com!

AragornsBeard

@Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor: Just disabled ALL other extensions apart from better Youtube. restarted FF, but still no luck.
Sorry Gina - looking forward to getting this one fixed, the other Better xxx extensions are great!

AragornsBeard

Ok, question for you folks it's not working for: is there a difference in behavior when you go to WWW.youtube.com URLs and just youtube.com addresses?

Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor

Does not work for me in Firefox 2.0.0.9 and Vista Ultimate. I restarted FF and can access the menu, but like others it doesn't effect youtube pages at all.

chapu

@Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor: OK, yes that's true. I had everything other than Theatre mode ticked.
I just tried with ONLY "Disable Autoplay" ticked, and the videos still autoplayed :o(
I'm on XP with FF 2.0.0.9. Will try disabling other extensions to see if there's a conflict.

AragornsBeard

@Kaobear: Phew, so glad to hear that. I thought I was going crazy!

Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor

Working fine for me on Ubuntu 7.10, Firefox 2.0.0.8. Good Job Guys.

Kaobear

@AragornsBeard: Hmm, everything on the list can't be ticked (there are conflicts, so if Theater is ticked, for instance, Center and Enlarge should uncheck. Try unchecking everything except "Disable AutoPlay" and refresh a video page, and let me know if the video starts playing automatically.

@spartan789: What happens when you press the Preferences button in the Add-ons dialog?

Just so you all know, I tested this extension on Windows XP and Leopard, but AFAIK it should work everywhere. As soon as I hunt down the problem I'll do my best to put out a fix.

If it's not working for you, do me a favor and post as much information about the issue as possible. Thanks!

Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor

Does nothing for me either. Using 2.0.0.9.

Laen

it doesn't seem to work. i restarted and i adjusted the preferences. :(

urbanride

doesn't seem to be working for me either. Using FF 2.0.0.9. No preferences anywhere.

spartan789

Hmm not working for me either I'm afraid. I can open preferences. Everything is ticked. have restarted FF but YT still looks just the same as ever :o(

AragornsBeard

@dale3h: Can you open the Preferences dialog? What options are selected? Have you restarted Firefox?

Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor

Fantastic. I'm going to download this and install right away. Thanks, Lifehacker.

One feature request right off the bat would be a high-quality YouTube video downloader and converter. I've used a few FF Greasemonkey scripts and some including web-based ones (keepvid, zamzar, etc), but haven't found anything that's are consistent or don't compress the file when converting.

A few mac-using friends praise Tube Sock, but I don't know if there's a Windows version or equivalent.

CK

Nothing seems to work for me:

Windows Vista Home Premium (Build 6000)
Firefox 2.0.0.9

Please ask for installed extensions, too many to post.

dale3h

brilliant

on the topic of Greasemonkey, looks like Google may be opening up Gmail to all kinds of Greasy tomfoolery:

[mashable.com]

Al Iguana

Running Fx 2.0.0.9 on Windows Vista Home Premium...works amazingly on both youtube.com and www.youtube.com, but not ca.youtube.com

Almost there, Gina, almost there!! Keep up the great work!

dale3h

@Pasha: Actually, with this one, a simple refresh of the video page seems to work if I change any of the settings for Better Youtube.

Anyways, thanks for this, LH. This is really helpful, especially since I'm constantly on youtube. Having the comments being toggle-able is helpful for when I don't want to deal with insane amounts of stupidity....:D

dkong1026

Works great for me now on youtube.com and www.youtube,com. but, like DALE3H, not on my local site uk.youtube.com

AragornsBeard

Hi,

Excellent add-on. :)

However, the search area wraps over long titles by the way when using the "Theater View" option. Perhaps move it above the title of the video.

Example:

[youtube.com]

Also, when you check a check-box that effects others then you should disable the other check boxes so newbies don't get confused. Sure that means it takes another click to re-enable but it makes it easier for most to use.

The "Center and Enlarge Video" option does not seem to work correctly. The video is now centered on the screen but the video is not any large. Note: The "Theater View" option does correctly make it larger.

Lastly can you add an option of "Display Video Only".

Here is my Stylish CSS hack so that only the video is displayed and centered:

[userstyles.org]

Working on making the video bigger as well.

Thanks,

Will

war59312

Small update, my CSS hack now makes the video larger as well. :)

Also, you can download the Greasemonkey version if you prefer. So this should be easy to add to this add-on. I hope you do?

war59312

@Gina Trapani, Lifehacker Editor:

0.1 stopped working in Flock until I updated to 0.2 (which I didn't know was out until I came here)... I'll keep you posted as to if the 0.2 version keeps working in flock or if it breaks as well.

-A

Adam Chernow

@dale3h: Well, if the extension were updated to work with pages that have "www" in the URL, then I am sure that it can be easily updated to work with ca.youtube.com. Very little of this extension's source code should need to be modified for this extension to work with pages that have URLs such as those.

It is quite a coincidence that this extension was released shortly after I commented on the possibility of a "Better YouTube" extension being released soon. I mentioned this in a recent post on my blog at www.jake.kasprzak.ca as I followed up on what was said about a previous post there. And as you may have noticed, it was this previous post that was featured here earlier, and was the one where Adam Pash suggested that a "Better YouTube" extension be made available. I plan on testing out this extension myself and I may make a few suggestions on how it can be improved. Once would at least expect suggestions on scripts that should be included in this extension from the individual who already wrote about a few that were useful.

JKasprzak

"Center and enlarge" is not working for me, though everything else seems to work. The video shows up in the center, but it shows up as it normally does, small in size.
Wait, that's not important, Better Gmail Extension is not working with the new gmail D: !!
;)
Great work on the Better "Something" Extensions :D

dako

Thank you Gina thats really helpful. :)

However, "center and enlarge video" does not work for me... the video is centered but not enlarged.
I use Firefox 2.0.0.9 on Windows XP. :)

markus9128

One question, is there a way to center and NOT enlarge the video?
Personally, having it enlarged just screws over any remaining quality the video has.

dkong1026

Gina,

I now have a note with FF 2.0.0.9 that it is not compatible with this version of Firefox.

-A

Adam Chernow

works on www.youtube.com, but doesn't on *.youtube.com for example jp.youtube.com.

tanigami

Gina, Thanks for all your work on your Better extensions.

I sure hope you add the Better Titles script: [userscripts.org]
(It even already has better in it's name)

as well as the Dark Grey overlay:
[userstyles.org]

These defiantly add to a better youtube experience.

Although my personal favorite was the now defunct youtube googler. Which is sadly incompatible with the recent youtube update.

Thanks again and keep the extensions coming.

AnEngineer

OK, if you want to play videos through StumbleUpon, you may need to uncheck 'Disable AutoPlay' and restart FireFox. Hopefully this is a bug that can be fixed.

teddy_salad

I think it conflicts with StumbleUpon video. I can play videos on YouTube but not through StumbleUpon. I'm using XP Pro and FireFox 2.0.0.9.

teddy_salad