YouTube Link Fixer

By kchmck — Last update Aug 13, 2009 — Installed 1,183 times. Daily Installs: 5, 9, 3, 1, 6, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 12, 3, 0, 0, 0, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1, 0
Script Summary:
Remove the JavaScript magic from YouTube navigation.
Version: 0.2.6

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An annoying batch of YouTube pages (e.g., my subscriptions and my playlists) use JavaScript and "onclick" attributes, rather than URIs, for navigation. As a result, a lot of functionality (especially tabbed browsing!) is lost. This userscript restores sanity by rewriting effected links.

Versions

Version 0.2.6 (latest)
August 13th, 2009

Added support for recently changed video links on "my subscriptions" and similar pages.

Version 0.2.5
August 7th, 2009

YouTube has fixed the links on beta channels themselves so support for them is no longer needed.

Version 0.2.4
July 19th, 2009

Fixed browser freezes.

Version 0.2.3
July 13th, 2009

Switched to an event listener rather than using (very) CPU-intensive polling.

Version 0.2.2
July 9th, 2009

The user channel fixer is now separate so it can be disabled easier, if desired. Also, support was added for user channels with "vanity" URLs, i.e. channels at youtube.com/username rather than youtube.com/user/username.

Version 0.2.1
July 4th, 2009

Corrected the EditVideo fixer's URL and added a fixer for playlist sharing.

Version 0.2.0
July 1st, 2009

Added support for video links on new-style user channels.

Development

Follow development at github.
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