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Youtube - Better Watch Page

By Takato — Last update May 12, 2012 — Installed 90,047 times.


Script Summary: Makes Youtube's "Watch" page (video page) better with a variety of features and options including a right-side description, older video players, style improvements, and much more.

Version: 2012.05.13

Copyright: 2010+, Takato (http://userscripts.org/users/82358)

License: Summary: Free for personal non-commercial use; http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/101753

Better Watch Page improves Youtube's "Watch" (video) pages by changing the style to the previous white style, moving the description to the right of the video, giving you options to change the video player theme/colour, collapse comment sections, and much more.

You'll need the latest version of Firefox or Chrome. Chrome users need to install Tampermonkey before installing Better Watch Page.

Please post in the "discussions" section if you find any bugs or you would like to make suggestions or requests. If Better Watch Page doesn't work with another Youtube script you use, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Features and Settings

- Description panel moved to the right of the video and styled in its previous style, with the channel avatar, subscribe button, and metadata.
- Changes the page background from grey to white and many other style changes to improve the Youtube design.
- Choose from some older video player styles, choose the player colour, or stick with the default - screenshot
- Choose where to view the "like/dislike" bar or replace it with "Star Ratings"
- Choose to auto-collapse "Suggestions" and any of the comment sections (Uploader, Top, Video Responses, All Comments)
- ... and more!

Recent Changes

2012.05.13 - Temporary fix for crash experienced by some users
2012.05.04 - Fixed sidebar (was dropping down the page), fixed blank "Suggestions" thumbnails, fixed missing "Add to" icon, re-added count of uploaded videos next to "More from Uploader".
2012.04.24.2 - Some fixes for German language
2012.04.24 - Fixed Chrome crash. Minor debug mode improvements.
2012.04.05 - Fixed grey header and minor like/dislike size issues. Fixed compatibility with Greasemonkey's update feature.
2012.04.04 - Improved performance and loading.
2012.04.03 - Temporary fix for crash in Firefox 14 Nightly
2012.03.31 - "Earth Hour" fixes
2012.03.27 - Fixed crashes (I think) caused by Google+ "Plus One" button.
2012.03.25 - Debug mode improvement to try fix crashing experienced by some users.

[Older changes are listed here]

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Licence

Summary: Free for personal non-commercial use. Don't take credit for my work, and don't make money out of something I've done for free. Contact me if you want to do something with this script that isn't personal or non-commercial.
This script is free for personal non-commercial use. The source code can be freely modified for your own private non-commercial use (as with any other content on your computer) but can't be re-distributed (unless it meets the requirements in the following sentences). The source code can't be included in other scripts, except for where it would fall under "fair use" such as only using a tiny bit of the code. If all of my Youtube scripts (including this script) have not been updated for 6 months (ie, if 1 has been updated then all are protected), and I don't respond to any PMs on userscripts.org, other people may re-upload the script and continue development with this same licence (or one with similar goals). If you wish to use the source code for any other reason (eg, a "script pack" extension, in your own script, or for commercial use) please contact me and I can give you permission. This is not intended to be a restrictive licence, but is simply here to stop other people from taking credit for my work, or making money out of something that I've done for free.

Disclaimer

Better Watch Page (BWP) and its author are not associated with or endorsed by Youtube and/or Google. THIS SCRIPT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
To Google/Youtube employees and/or representatives: If you have any concerns about this script or would like to contact me for any reason, please send me a message.

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