Info:
Version 1.2.7.2 - February 1, 2024
- Fix: The like and dislike icons had share icons in front of them [This bug affected the 2015-2017 layouts, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: The like and dislike icons didn't display [This bug affected the 2013-2014 layouts, and was caused by a YouTube update]
Version 1.2.7.1 - January 25, 2024
- Improvement: Subscribe button colors are now accurate [Affects the 2015-2016 layouts]
- Fix: Favicon options didn't work in Chromium based browsers
Version 1.2.7 - January 24, 2024
- New: Added the Appbar! By default, it appears on all layouts from 2014-2017, but it can be toggled to be always on or always off.
- New: Added option to choose whether the appbar is pinned by default [compatible with all layouts from 2014 onwards]
- New: Added option to choose the favicon, set to Auto by default
- New: Added "Appbar" tab to the configuration window's sidebar
- New: Added option to show the video count next to the channel name [Compatible with all layouts except 2011-2012, they don't need it because of the videos dropdown]
- Improvement: The 2011-2012 layouts now have the videos dropdown! This lets you scroll through a channel's videos while watching one of their videos.
- Improvement: For those not using the 2011-2012 layouts, you can still scroll through a channel's videos using the Appbar videos dropdown.
- Improvement: The comment box now has better styling [Affects all layouts from 2008-2017]
- Changed: The configuration window has gone through a minor design refresh, now using blue instead of red in many places. This was done to match the CustomTube logo. Some links were also moved around.
- Changed: Some text on the configuration window was changed. Most notably: The "Sidebar" tab has been renamed to "Guide", and the "Polymer layout" section was renamed to "Kevlar layout". These changes were made for accuracy purposes.
- Fix: The like button would appear glitched when signed out [This affected various layouts]
- Fix: Other fixes
Version 1.2.6 - January 17, 2024
- Improvement: The top navigation links are now capable of warm loading* [This affects the 2008 and Late 2009 layouts]
- Improvement: The video owner link in the description is now capable of warm loading* [This affects the 2011 and 2012 layouts]
- Improvement: The browse channels button is now capable of warm loading* [This affects the 2012 layout]
- Fix: The like and dislike buttons were in the wrong place for some users [This affected all layouts from Early 2013-2017, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: A couple minor CSS fixes
*Warm loading links are much faster than cold loading links.
Version 1.2.5.2 - January 6, 2024
- Improvement: The sub count on the watch page now has an arrow on the left of it [This affects all layouts from Early 2013 to 2014] (Note: Only appears when YouTube's language is set to English)
- Improvement: Improved channel tabs styling [This affects all layouts from Mid 2013 to 2017]
- Improvement: Other small improvements
- Change: "Hide Join Button", "Hide Clip Button", "Hide Thanks Button", and "Hide Download Button" are now enabled by default.
- Fix: Fixed dislikes not showing up on older layouts [This was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: Partially fixed the player styles when using a language other than English
- Fix: The player is no longer super wide on channel pages [This bug affected the 2013 layouts]
- Fix: The watch buttons no longer look weird [This bug affected various layouts, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: Partially fixed the subscribed button [This bug affected various layouts, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: Comment styling has been fixed for the "comment view model" experiment YouTube is slowly rolling out [This bug affected all layouts, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: Fixed a Chromium-exclusive issue where the video title was too bold [This bug affected all layouts, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: Other small issues
Version 1.2.5.1 - November 22, 2023
- Fix: If you visited another page before visiting the watch page, the watch page would not load correctly until the page was refreshed [This bug affected all layouts from Early 2013 to 2014]
Version 1.2.5 - November 21, 2023
- Improvement: The watch page should load much faster, as well as be much less prone to failing to load. [This affects all layouts from Early 2013 to 2017]
- Fix: The like and dislike buttons were completely unstyled for some users [This bug affected all layouts, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: The watch page would not load correctly for some users, with stuff like the view count remaining "???,???" [This bug affected all layouts, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: Channel names on comments are now blue again [This affected all layouts from 2008-2017, and was caused by a YouTube update]
Version 1.2.4.3 - November 8, 2023
- Change: The channel tagline is now visible on all layouts as it is the only way to access the about page now [This is the result of a YouTube update]
Version 1.2.4.2 - November 6, 2023
- Improvement: Made some improvements to the player resizer [affects custom player sizes].
- Fix: The video would not black out after it ended when using theater mode.
Version 1.2.4.1 - November 4, 2023
- Fix: Fixed a minor issue with chanel banners [This bug affected most layouts from 2017 and earlier, and was caused by a YouTube update]
Version 1.2.4 - November 4, 2023
- Improvement: Some very minor layout improvements [This affects all layouts to varying degrees]
- Fix: Fixed some remaining channel page problems [This bug affected the 2008-2012 layouts. and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: Channel pages would be glitched if the channel didn't have a banner [This bug affected all layouts from 2017 and earlier to varying degrees, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: The theater mode icon was invisible for some users [This bug affected the 2012-2015 player styles]
- Potential fix: Sometimes the view count and upload date wouldn't work
- Change: The 'Display My Channel Button' option has been renamed to 'Move "Your channel" Button to main section and rename it to "My Channel"'
Version 1.2.3 - October 25, 2023
- Improvement: The video titles on the related videos section are now less bold [This affects the 2019-2021 layouts]
- Fix: Fixed several issues caused by YouTube layout updates [This affects all layouts]
- Fix: The watch page would be messed up if you didn't have "Use Custom Player Size" enabled [This bug affected the 2008-2011 layouts]
- Fix: The video creator's profile picture would be very big on lower resolutions [This bug affected the 2008-Late 2009 layouts]
- Fix: The channel videos grid would clip into the dropdown button [This bug affected the 2019-2021 layouts]
- Fix: The player resizer should work more reliably now [Affects custom player sizes]
- Fix: Fixed Material Search Bar option
Version 1.2.2 - October 12, 2023
- Notice: If the watch page isn't loading correctly, try turning off "Enable Return YouTube Dislike compatibility" in CustomTube settings. It is not a CustomTube issue, but rather a Return YouTube Dislike issue that should be fixed soon.
- Improvement: Dropdown buttons now use more accurate styling [This affects all layouts from 2017 and earlier]
- Improvement: Tooltips now use more accurate styling [This affects all layouts from 2017 and earlier]
- Improvement: Like and Dislike counts added to the stars tooltip [This affects the 2008 and Late 2009 layouts, however will not work until the next Return YouTube Dislike update releases]
- Fix: CustomTube is now compatible with YouTube's "Rolling like count" experiment
- Fix: The watch page buttons were right aligned, overlapping the view count [This bug affected the 2011 layout, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: "Loop videos by default" would also loop ads [This bug affected all layouts]
Version 1.2.1 - October 6, 2023
- Improvement: The upload button now uses the correct styling [This affects the 2011 and 2012 layouts]
- Improvement: Minor improvements to the Watch Page [Affects all layouts to varying degrees, but most notably the 2012 layout]
- Fix: The channel videos sort button was overlapping the videos themselves [This bug affected all layouts]
- Fix: [Chromium exclusive] Some of the buttons were incorrectly positioned when in fullscreen [This bug affected the 2012 and 2013-2015 players]
- Fix: Other small fixes
Version 1.2.0 - October 4, 2023
- The "tabs" permission has been removed in the Chrome version.
- New: Added 2011 Layout option! - New: Added Late 2009 Layout option! - New: Added 2008 Layout option!- New: Added option to choose the video player style. The style is chosen by your selected layout by default (All layouts from 2012 and eariler use the 2012 player as of now). There is also an option to use the current video player should you have issues with the player styles.
- Improvement: Player is now 640x360 instead of 586x330 [This affects the 2012 layout]
- Improvement: Slight improvement to the Search Page [This affects the 2012 layout]
- Improvement: The channel description now uses smaller text [This affects all layouts from 2017 and eariler]
- Improvement: More of the old watch page icons have been restored [This affects the 2019 and 2020 layouts]
- Fix: Video titles are now visible on the History page [This bug affected the 2012 layout]
Version 1.1.0.3 - September 25, 2023
- Fix: When expanded, the description would exceed its intended width [This bug affected all layouts, excluding the unmodified current layout, and was caused by a YouTube update]
Version 1.1.0.2 - September 5, 2023
- Fix: Fixed a major bug where the watch page wouldn't fully load on some videos (View count would remain "???,???" for example) [This bug affected all layouts, excluding the unmodified current layout]
Version 1.1.0.1 - August 29, 2023
- Fix: Fixed a bug where you were unable to provide additional details when reporting a video [This bug affected all layouts, excluding the unmodified current layout]
- Fix: Fixed a bug where the video would not black out after finishing [This bug happened when using custom player sizes]
Version 1.1.0 - August 19, 2023
- This is the first version of CustomTube avaliable for Google Chrome.
- CustomTube now has a new logo, made by UnderscoreAngel! Link to GitHub page
- New: Added 2020 Layout option! - New: Added 2021 Layout option! - New: Added Late 2013 Layout option!- New: Added option to always show the sidebar [Compatible with all layouts from Early 2013 and later]
- New: Added option to choose the video player size [Compatible with all layouts from 2014 and later]
- New: Added option to choose the number of videos per row on the home page [Compatible with all layouts from Early 2013 and later]
- New: Added option to choose the number of videos per row on the subscriptions page [Compatible with all layouts from Early 2013 and later]
- New: Added option to choose the number of videos per row on channel video pages. [Compatible with all layouts from Mid 2013 and later]
- New: Added option to choose the size of the thumbnails on the search page [Compatible with all layouts]
- New: Added option to make clicking on the YouTube logo take you to the Subscriptions page instead of the Homepage. [Compatible with all layouts]
- New: Added option to move the Trending button to the main section of the sidebar. [Compatible with all layouts]
- New: Added option to show or hide the Shorts shelf on the subscriptions page [Compatible with all layouts]
- New: Added option to hide the Download button [Compatible with all layouts]
- New: Added option to hide the Cast button [Compatible with all layouts]
- New: Added option to show full (randomly generated) subscriber counts [Compatible with all layouts]
- New: Added True Fullscreen Mode option [Compatible with all layouts]
- Improvement: Greatly improved dark mode support [Affects all layouts]
- Improvement: More old icons are restored
- Improvement: A proper "My Channel" button. (The new one warm loads the channel page, the old one cold loads it, which was much slower)
- Improvement: Partially fixed the new search header
- Improvement: Many other small improvements
- Fix: The Channel Videos Sort By Dropdown would still appear when set to Auto [This bug affected the unmodified current layout]
- Fix: White (invisible) text on search bar when in theater mode [Affected all layouts from 2014-2017]
- Fix: Fixed a bug where if you liked or disliked a YouTube Short, the icon would not change color [Affected all layouts]
- Fix: Several others
- Change: "2013 Layout" has been renamed to "Mid 2013 Layout".
- Change: "Display Shorts Button" is now disabled by default.
- Change: "Display My Channel Button" is now enabled by default.
- Change: Minor changes to some of the labels on the configuration window
- Other: Added "Home Page" tab to the Configuration Window's sidebar
- Other: Added "Subs Page" tab to the Configuration Window's sidebar
- Other: Added "Search Page" tab to the Configuration Window's sidebar
- Other: Added "Donate" button to the Configuration Window's sidebar
- Notice: The transition to Manifest V3 has been postponed for compatibility reasons.
Version 1.0.4.6 - August 15, 2023
- Fix: Fixed a major bug where the homepage was "shaking" [This bug affected all layouts except for the 2012 and 2019 layouts, and was caused by a YouTube update]
Version 1.0.4.5 - August 10, 2023
- Fix: Fixed a bug where the timestamps on video thumbnails were glitched [This bug affected all layouts from 2012-2017, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Notice: This will be the last version of CustomTube to use Manifest V2. The next version will use Manifest V3, meaning the extension will only run on Firefox versions 109 and newer. This won't affect the vast majority of users. CustomTube will be actively tested on Firefox 115 ESR for the forseeable future, so Windows 7 and 8 users can still use the extension.
Version 1.0.4.4 - July 6, 2023
- Fix: Fixed a bug where you were unable to pin or delete comments [This bug affected all layouts]
- Fix: Fixed a bug where the bottom of the video title would be cut off [This bug affected the 2012 layout, and only affected Windows users]
Version 1.0.4.3 - June 30, 2023
- Improvement: Description links are now underlined when you hover over them [This affects all layouts from 2012 to 2017]
- Fix: Fixed a bug where all description text would be treated as a link [This bug affected all layouts from 2012 to 2017, and was caused by a YouTube update]
Version 1.0.4.2 - June 28, 2023
- Fix: Potential performance fix [This affects all layouts]
- Fix: The like and dislike buttons are now in the correct position [This bug affected all layouts from Early 2013 to 2014, and was caused by a YouTube update]
Version 1.0.4.1 - June 24, 2023
- Fix: Channel page dropdown is no longer broken when using a screen width of around 1440 pixels to 1570 pixels [This bug affected all layouts from 2013 onward]
- Fix: Fixed a bug where the view count would read "undefined" on live streams [This bug affected all layouts, excluding the unmodified current layout]
- Fix: The view count and "Started streaming x time ago" text now update every few seconds, as opposed to not updating at all [This bug affected all layouts, excluding the unmodified current layout]
Version 1.0.4 - June 16, 2023
- New: Added "Channel Page" tab to the Configuration Window's sidebar
- New: Added "Video thumbnails fade in when loaded" option [Compatible with all layouts]
- New: Added option to restore the "Sort by" dropdown menu for channel videos. Defaults to "Auto". [Compatible with all layouts]
- Improvement: Minor channel page improvements [Affects all layouts, but 2019 was improved most]
- Improvement: Very minor watch page improvements [Affects all layouts from Early 2013-2017, but 2015 was improved most]
- Change: Newly added settings now have an indicator. This can be turned off in the settings, but will have to be turned off every update.
- Change: As a result of improvements to the code, the re-fogging of the view count when loading a new video is no longer necessary. It has been made optional and turned off by default. (This refers to when the view count turns into "???,???") [Affects all layouts, excluding the unmodifed current layout]
- Fix: Fixed a major bug where the watch metadata sometimes wouldn't update on slow connections [This bug affected all layouts, excluding the unmodifed current layout]
- Fix: Fixed a fairly serious bug where the like and dislike counts would read "??", instead of showing the actual counts [This bug affected all layouts from 2012 to 2014, and was caused by a YouTube update]
- Fix: Other minor bug fixes
- Other: You can now access this changelog from the Configuration Window. The link is under "Misc".
Version 1.0.3 - May 24, 2023
- Improvement: Like and dislike buttons are now green and black respectively [Affects Early 2013 and 2013 layouts]
- Improvement: The watch page is now even more accurate to the original layout [Affects all layouts from 2012 to 2014]
- Improvement: Video thumbnails that appear once the video ends are now unrounded [Affects all layouts, excluding the unmodified current layout]
- Improvement: Dropdown menus are now unrounded [Affects all layouts, excluding the unmodified current layout]
- Change: You can now see CustomTube's version number on the Configuration Window's topbar
- Fix: Fixed a bug where the topbar stayed white while in theater mode, when it was supposed to become dark [This bug affected the 2019 layout]
- Fix: Fixed a bug where the topbar icons turned white while in theater mode, when they were supposed to remain dark [This bug affected the 2014-2017 layouts]
- Other: In response to a new change YouTube made, playlist thumbnail styling is temporarily disabled (Mix playlist thumbnails are unaffected) [This affects all layouts from 2012-2017]
Version 1.0.2 - May 21, 2023
- New: Added "Smaller" option to "Related Videos Size". [Compatible with all layouts]
- Improvement: A couple of minor layout and CSS improvements [Affects all layouts to varying degrees, most notably the Early 2013-2014 layouts]
- Improvement: Using the site should feel a bit faster and smoother overall
- Improvement: If the comments haven't loaded after 5 seconds, the extension now forces them to
- Fix: Fixed a major bug where the performance would gradually degrade as you used the site [This bug affected all layouts]
- Fix: Fixed a bug where the Home Button text would not change according to the user's settings in certain situations (always happened when signed out, but could still happen when signed in) [This bug affected all layouts]
- Fix: Fixed a bug where the video wouldn't resize to fit inside the miniplayer [This bug affected the 2012 layout]
Version 1.0.1 - May 16, 2023
- New: Added option to make the "C" in "My Channel" lowercase on the My Channel button [Compatible with all layouts]
- Improvement: A couple of very minor CSS improvements [Affects 2013 and 2014 layouts]
- Fix: Fixed a major bug where the watch page wouldn't load correctly if YouTube's langauge was set to something other than English [This bug affected all layouts from Early 2013 to 2017]
- Fix: Fixed a minor bug where the Share button (the one located in the video player itself) was invisible [This bug affected all layouts from Early 2013 to 2017]
- Fix: YouTube's experimental new icon system was causing fairly serious issues, now they are fixed [This bug affected all layouts, excluding the unmodified current layout]
Version 1.0.0 - May 12, 2023
- First version of CustomTube! Notable features include choosing between the 2012-2017 and 2019 layouts, and being able to loop videos by default.