YouTube Comfort In Black

By mcbd — Last update Dec 18, 2008 — Installed 13,661 times.

Script Summary: A dark skin for YouTube video pages.



Version: 0.6b6

Features

  • Dark skin
  • Removes some elements
  • Enlarges the video player (size configurable)
  • Expands the video player to fit the browser window by double-clicking on it
  • Dims out the video controller
  • The search bar hidden in the top left
  • Option to scroll automatically the video player into view
  • Option to add "&fmt=" parameter to video links
screenshot

Recommended YouTube HQ Tips

YouTube Account Settings:
  1. Sign in to your YouTube account
  2. Go to http://youtube.com/video_quality_settings
  3. Choose the third option
Or, Using Script (more forcefully):

Configurable Options

These options can be configured by editing code.

[videoPlayerWidth]
: The width of the video player in pixels.

  • default: 700
  • youtube default: 640
[rightPaneWidth]
: The width of the right pane in pixels.
  • default: 360
  • youtube default: 300
[moreFromPanelMaximumHeight],
[relatedVideosPanelMaximumHeight],
[playlistPanelMaximumHeight],
[quickListPanelMaximumHeight]
: The maximum height in pixels of the panels on the right side. The default values are set to YouTube defaults. (The actual height of these panels will be included with padding and borders.)
  • More From: 302
  • Related Videos: 302
  • Playlist: 175
  • QuickList: 175
[videoControllerOpacity]
: If you feel it is annoying that the controller blinks on and off, set this value to 0.
  • between 0 to 1.0 (default: 0.7)
[videoControllerTurnOnDelayTime],
[videoControllerTurnOffDelayTime]
  • milliseconds (default: 300 and 900)
[enableHugePlayer]
  • 0 : disabled
  • 1 : enabled (default)
[hugePlayerMinimumMarginWidth]
  • pixels (default: 16)
[addFmtToVideoLinks]
: The option to add "&fmt=" parameter to video links. (For details about "fmt", see YouTube Tests Higher Resolution Videos)
  • integer (default: 0 as disabled)
[autoScrollMode]
  • 0 : disabled (default)
  • 1 : align with player bottom
  • 2 : align with player top
[enableChannelBanner]
  • 0 : disabled
  • 1 : enabled (default)

Update History


v0.6b6 (2008-12-18)
  • [Fixed] Fixed due to youtube changes.

v0.6b5 (2008-12-12)
  • [Fixed] Fixed alignment in the playlists.

v0.6b4 (2008-12-11)

v0.6b3 (2008-12-11)
  • [Fixed] Fixed the condition to detect playing HD video.

v0.6b2 (2008-12-10)
  • [Improved] Updated the huge player to be compatible with "&fmt=22" HD videos. (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&fmt=22)
  • [Fixed] Fixed tiny bug with the huge player.
  • [Fixed] Fixed style of the playlists a little bit.
  • [Fixed] Fixed style of the video lists. (due to youtube changes)

v0.6b1 (2008-12-05)
  • [Fixed] Fixed the search bar. (due to youtube changes)

v0.6b (2008-12-05)
  • [Fixed] Updated style in the right panels.

v0.5b12 (2008-12-04)
  • [Fixed] Updated style in the right panels.

v0.5b11 (2008-12-04)
  • [Fixed] Fixed text color in the right panels.

v0.5b10 (2008-12-04)
  • [Fixed] Fixed border color in the right panels.

v0.5b9 (2008-12-04)
  • [Fixed] Fixed border color in the right panels.

v0.5b8 (2008-12-04)
  • [Fixed] Changed the default video player width to 700.
  • [Fixed] Fixed styles in the right panels.

v0.5b7 (2008-12-04)
  • [Added] New option to remove the channel banner.
  • [Fixed] Fixed the panels on the right side. (due to youtube changes)
  • [Fixed] Fixed the search bar. (due to youtube changes)
  • [Fixed] Small bugs fixed.

v0.5b6 (2008-12-03)
  • [Added] New option to define the width of the right pane.
  • [Fixed] Fixed spam comment style a little bit.
  • [Fixed] Fixed a problem in alignment of the rating message.
  • [Fixed] Fixed due to youtube changes. (to keep the previous style)

v0.5b5 (2008-11-11)

v0.5b4 (2008-11-04)
  • [Fixed] Removes "YouTube Program" banner. (screenshot)

v0.5b3 (2008-11-01)
  • [Fixed] Some small changes and tiny bug fixed.

v0.5b2 (2008-10-26)
  • [Added] New option to add "&fmt=" parameter to video links.
  • [Fixed] Disabled visited link color on action links (end with "#") and links in "Playlist".
  • [Fixed] Fixed a problem where rarely failed to execute functions in the panels on the right side.
  • [Fixed] Corrected the color of horizontal borders in "Related Videos" and "More From".

v0.5b1 (2008-10-23)
  • [Fixed] Fixed a problem in Autoplaying.
  • [Fixed] Fixed a problem in the "More From" panel.
  • [Fixed] Fixed the function to remove "&watch_response" parameters.
  • [Fixed] Updated the default value of "moreFromPanelMaximumHeight" option from 300 to 302.
  • [Added] Removes "&feature=featured" parameters in the "Featured Videos" panel.

v0.5b (2008-10-22)
  • [Added] New options to define the maximum height of the panels on the right side.
  • [Fixed] Fixed the icon of the rating stars to custom icon. (Icon provided by IcoJoy.com)
  • [Fixed] Changed the default value of "videoControllerTurnOnDelayTime" option to 300.
  • [Fixed] Corrected some colors on notification text in header, and horizontal borders and donation part in video info.
  • [Fixed] Fixed a bug when returing the huge player to the regular player if the autoScrollMode option is enabled.
  • [Fixed] Fixed a problem where the "&feature=user" parameters would not be removed if the "More From" panel had be collapsed on page load.

v0.4b5 (2008-10-18)
  • [Fixed] Fixed a problem when quickly clicking twice on the video controller that expanded the player.
  • [Fixed] Fixed a bug where the video controller rarely failed to turn off.

v0.4b4 (2008-10-18)
  • [Fixed] Fixed some tiny bugs.

v0.4b3 (2008-10-17)
  • [Improved] Updated the algorithm which turn on/off the video controller.
  • [Improved] The margin width around the huge player can be configured.
  • [Added] Removes "&feature=user" parameters in the More From panel.
  • [Added] Removes "&watch_response" parameters in the Video Responses section.
  • [Fixed] Corrected the color of rating message.

v0.4b2 (2008-10-16)
  • [Improved] Updated the huge player, to fit any size window.

v0.4b1 (2008-10-15)
  • [Fixed] Added margin to the huge player bottom.

v0.4b (2008-10-15)
  • [Added] Expands the video player to a huge size by double-clicking on it.
  • [Added] Appended the URL and the Embed fields to the video info.
  • [Improved] Dims out the video controller.
  • [Improved] The size of the video player can be configured.
  • [Fixed] Updated style to be more dark.

v0.3b (2008-10-08)
  • [Added] The optional function to scroll the video player into view, to fit in with low resolution display or small window.
  • [Fixed] Changed the page width layout from a fixed width to a fluid layout, to be compatible with 1024x768 XGA.
  • [Fixed] Added margins just a little bit to the video quality toggle and the commentary panel bottom.
  • [Fixed] Some color bugs fixed in the commentary panel.

v0.2b (2008-10-06)
  • [Added] The hidden search bar in the top left.
  • [Added] Removes "&feature=related" parameters in the related videos panel.
  • [Fixed] Colored two drop down menus. (Account and Flag)

v0.1b (2008-10-04)
  • Initial release

Test Environment

  • OS: Mac OS X 10.4.11
  • Browser: Firefox 3.0.5
  • Display: 20" WSXGA+ LCD
  • Gamma Calibration: Gamma Control (gray balance: 0.85, white point: 0.35)

Recommended Firefox about:config settings

  1. Enter about:config in the adress bar
  2. Find and set the variables below
    • browser.display.focus_ring_width : 0
    • gfx.color_management.enabled : true