Current release:  1.8.322  (2 December 2024 PT)

1.8.322

Major rewrite for updating to Manifest V3, support for sites other than YouTube and Vimeo have been removed, settings cleaned up simplified, minimum supported Chrome version is 100.0, minimum supported Firefox version is 126.0.

1.8.321

Update for migrating settings to Manifest V3.

1.8.320

Update for YouTube playlists.

1.8.319

Update for filter-by for YouTube user and keyword.

1.8.318

Fix for YouTube media links.

1.8.317

Fix for YouTube media links, fix for 10 second skip and chapter overlay buttons when in full-screen YouTube.

1.8.316

Fix for YouTube media links, updates for filter-by for YouTube user and keyword.

1.8.315

Fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube media links, added 10 second skip overlay controls for YouTube.

1.8.314

Fix for YouTube media links in Opera, fix for YouTube RSS links, fix for adding endtime UI to YouTube share, remove support for Escapist and CNN.

1.8.313

Fix for YouTube layout changes, YouTube media links, add filter-by for YouTube user and keyword.

1.8.312

Fix for YouTube layout changes, add "x" key control for playback speed, increase max playback speed.

1.8.311

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.310

Fix for YouTube shorts popout.

1.8.309

Fix for YouTube intermittent loading.

1.8.308

Fix for YouTube speed settings, add speed controls to page-action menu option, add mouse speed control option, added YouTube chapters overlay option.

1.8.307

Fix for YouTube layout changes, ad-blocking warnings.

1.8.306

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.305

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.304

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.303

Fix for YouTube embeded videos.

1.8.302

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.301

Fix for YouTube media links, added option to hide YouTube Shorts suggestions.

1.8.300

Fix for YouTube layout changes, remove ESPN and Instagram support, add Atkinson Hyperlegible font to settings and interfaces.

1.8.299

Fix for YouTube and Vimeo layout changes.

1.8.298

Fix for YouTube aspect-ratio issues, linting.

1.8.297

Fix for YouTube media links, fix for aspect-ratio bug.

1.8.296

Fix for YouTube layout changes, remove Twitter support, prep for Manifest v3.

1.8.295

Fix for YouTube Shorts pages, added button to open a Short as a Video.

1.8.294

Fix for YouTube layout changes, YouTube media links, accessibility updates.

1.8.293

Fix for accessibility updates.

1.8.292

Fix for YouTube layout changes, YouTube media links, accessibility updates, support for larger screens.

1.8.291

Fix for YouTube live pages.

1.8.290

Fix for YouTube Shorts pages.

1.8.289

Fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube pausing, fix for aspect ratios, fix for install screens.

1.8.288

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.287

Fix for internal problem related to YouTube media links.

1.8.286

Fix for wrong permissions.

1.8.285

Fix for YouTube media links, YouTube feeds Download All button added.

1.8.284

Fix for YouTube live videos, layout changes, seated licenses.

1.8.283

Fix for YouTube ads, layout changes, embedded videos.

1.8.282

It looks like 1.8.281 doesnt work on macOS particularly well, so we rolled it back.

1.8.281

Fix for YouTube ads, layout changes, embedded videos.

1.8.280

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.279

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.278

Fix for YouTube media links.

1.8.277

Firefox-only release for Options features affecting YouTube that were accidently disabled.

1.8.276

Fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube playlist problems, fix for YouTube channel problems, removed Flash support.

1.8.275

Fix for YouTube layout changes, added some accessibility updates, fix for Firefox issues.

1.8.274

Fix for Google Maps.

1.8.273

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube ads, fix for YouTube media links.

1.8.272

Fix for YouTube media links.

1.8.271

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fix for some YouTube media links.

1.8.270

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fixes for OS dark-mode YouTube pages, fix for some YouTube media links.

1.8.269

Fixes for YouTube layout changes and some new YouTube media link types.

1.8.268

Fix for some YouTube media links not working.

1.8.267

Fixes for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.266

Fix for some YouTube media links not working, fix for uBlock Origin, fix for forthcoming Opera browser version, fix for mutation-observer failures for embedded videos.

1.8.265

Google Chrome Web Store-only release.

1.8.264

Added more YouTube media types, added Wadsworth start and stop options for YouTube.

1.8.263

Fix for some YouTube media links not working.

1.8.262

Fixes for YouTube layout changes.  Final version for Safari 5.1 – Safari 11.1.

1.8.261

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fix for some YouTube media links.

1.8.260

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube Premium subscribers, fix for some YouTube media links.

1.8.259

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fix for making RSS links, remove support for defunct gaming.youtube.com.

1.8.258

Fix for YouTube media links not working or not showing for some videos in some browsers.

1.8.257

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube fullscreen mode, fix for YouTube media link labels.

1.8.256

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fixes for Vimeo layout changes, fix for hotfixes system, fix for soapbox system, fix for download media types, fix for YouTube comments, fix for some YouTube causing some pages to hang, fix for YouTube pausing, add option to change YouTube controls colour, add option to vertically center YouTube videos, remove option to video zoom from page-action menu, fix for Opera 60+, updates for forthcoming Safari App Extension version.

1.8.255

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fixes for Vimeo layout changes, fix for YouTube and Vimeo media links.

1.8.254

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fix for non-clean YouTube layout, fix for YouTube darker moods, add hotfix support for YouTube darker modes, fix for suggested YouTube media links not being click-able, add initial YouTube media link support for AOMedia.

1.8.253

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, added “Keep all videos in 16:9 aspect ratio” option, added additional YouTube media downloads, fix for YouTube media downloads.

1.8.252

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fixes Dailymotion layout changes, fixes MetaCafe layout changes, fixes Vimeo layout changes, work-around for Firefox choking on YouTube and Google scripts, initial support for YouTube aspect ratio videos, fixes for YouTube chat.

1.8.251

Fixes for new YouTube layout.

1.8.250

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube popout videos, add zoom keys for settings screen (-/+), more Twitter RSS tweaks, fixes for Chrome API changes, initial Safari 12 support.

1.8.249

Fix for YouTube media filenames.

1.8.248

Fixes for YouTube comments.

1.8.247

Fixes for YouTube layout changes, add ability for hotfix CSS solutions, add YouTube playlist media functionality, fix for YouTube non-window sizing, fix for Instagram layout changes, fix for Twitter layout changes, try harder to get better quality YouTube thumbnails, try harder to get YouTube comments to load.

1.8.246

Remove AudioOnly, Frame, KeepWatching, SetLink, SetThumb options because they don't work with the YouTube Material Design layouts.

1.8.245

Fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube add material end time support, redo material YouTube “Hide branding and fix spacing” buttons (multi-select), fix for various mood configurations, fix for YouTube media links not showing for slow connections, added “Hide chat” option, add more YouTube and Twitter and Instagram RSS support, Vimeo layout fixes, fix for “Disable Google video codecs” Vimeo compatibility issue, Dailymotion layout fixes, Escapist layout fixes, new settings layout, fix for Safari settings.

1.8.244

Fix for YouTube theater mode.

1.8.243

Fix for YouTube layout changes, Funny Or Die layout changes.

1.8.242

Fix for YouTube layout changes, block more YouTube ads, fix for Escapist layout changes.

1.8.241

Fix for Vimeo layout changes, block more Vimeo ads, fix for Vimeo media links, fix for new YouTube URL arguments, fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for RSS links not showing in YouTube.

1.8.240

Fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube comments.

1.8.239

Fix for YouTube gaming, fix for YouTube comments, fixes for YouTube material design changes and how they relate to Options features, fix for Vimeo layout changes, fix for Vimeo media links.

1.8.238

Fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube comments, migration to Firefox Webextension.

1.8.237.2

Safari-only update to fix compatibility with older versions of Safari.

1.8.237

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.236

Fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for Vimeo layout changes.

1.8.235

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.234

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.233

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.232

Fix for YouTube RED and ads.

1.8.231

Fix for YouTube RED and ads, fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube material design layout (y0I78hcLiFk, a-3eZzmP-Mw, Im8R-1T8ID4), additional Play / Pause key added.

1.8.230

Fix for YouTube RED and ads, fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for YouTube material design layout (SiwwTBajzNQ).

1.8.229

Fix for upcoming Firefox WebExtension migration, YouTube layout changes, default settings have been reduced.

1.8.227

Fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for embedded videos, fix for YouTube “Hide branding and fix spacing” mode, fix for Vimeo media links.

1.8.226

Fix for YouTube layout changes, fix for “Click-to-play embedded YouTube videos on YouTube” option.

1.8.225

Fix for YouTube layout changes, added more YouTube media types, added “Only show Watch Later videos on home screen” option.

1.8.224

Fix for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.223

Fix for YouTube and Vimeo media links.

1.8.222

Fix YouTube material design layouts.

1.8.221

Fix for YouTube media links, updates for YouTube material design layouts.

1.8.220

Fix for YouTube media links, fix for YouTube menus, remove support for Instagram.

1.8.219

Updates for YouTube and Vimeo layout changes, fix for full-screen YouTube when using native controls, fix for embedded YouTube videos, updates for native HTML5 controls in embedded videos, tweaks for Windows Chrome and Opera.

1.8.218

Add initial support for YouTube material design layout (yyVoPd7M-Rs), add support for native HTML5 controls in embedded videos.

1.8.217

Fix for YouTube media changes for Chrome, Opera, Firefox.

1.8.216

Fix for YouTube changes, fix for Safari 10, fix for Firefox, added native HTML5 control setting.

1.8.215

Fix for YouTube media links, fix for bandwidth saving layout in YouTube.

1.8.214

Fixes for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.213

Fixes for YouTube, Funny Or Die, The Escapist, Instagram, Metacafe, Vimeo layout changes, fix for no buffering of YouTube videos, try and change YouTube quality quicker, fix for waywire.net/magnify.net framed videos, added smaller and bigger increments for changing the volume using the mouse, added “Bandwidth saver” options, remove Yahoo support.

1.8.212

Fix for YouTube media links.

1.8.211

More fixes for ongoing YouTube, Dailymotion, Twitter layout changes, added media links and sort to YouTube User and Channel pages, fix missing title for some YouTube popout windows, Firefox minimum version set to 38, Safari version should use new Apple intermediate signing cert.

1.8.210

Fix for YouTube media links.

1.8.209

More fixes for ongoing YouTube and new Vimeo layout changes, fix for YouTube and Vimeo media links, added “Go to videos on user and channel pages” option, removed “Display subscriptions as a grid” option, added options for customizing the “Page action menu” for all browsers except Safari, added option to popout videos from the page action menu.

1.8.208

Fix for Safari 9 excessive blocking, more fixes for Dailymotion, Escapist, Twitter layout changes, fixes for Viewing size: Window, fix missing YouTube playlist controls, fix for Instagram RSS links, fix for YouTube full-screen mode, spend more time trying to pause embedded videos.

1.8.207

Add additional sizes to the Viewing size and page-action menu, fix for YouTube HTML5 progress bars, added “Re-size the window to the viewing size” option, setting quality greater than 720 now disables DASH option, fix for Dailymotion, fix for Vimeo, added favicon updates for Dailymotion and Escapist, embedded video fixes, Windows10 keys fix, add media links to Twitter, fix sizes of Play video in place, updates for future Chrome and Firefox API changes.

1.8.206

More fixes for ongoing YouTube, Escapist, Funny or Die, Metacafe layout changes, add support for Dailymotion, fix for totaling YouTube likes/dislikes, fix for keyboard load more videos in YouTube, fix for waywire.net/magnify.net framed videos, fix for Instagram/Iconsosquare, fixes for keyboard and mouse resizing/scrubbing/volume videos other than YouTube, update for YouTube RSS feeds, updates for retina displays, add support for larger displays, add San Francisco page font option, updates for El Capitan browsers, default to HTML5 codec for YouTube, add "Window" size support for videos other than YouTube, fix for creating Instagram RSS links, fixes for Chrome, Opera, and Safari browser changes.

1.8.205

More fixes for ongoing YouTube, Escapist, Funny or Die, Metacafe layout changes.

1.8.204

More fixes for ongoing YouTube, Twitter, and Escapist layout changes, better downloads for Vimeo, Escapist, and Metacafe, DASH download pieces are now individually selectable and sortable, make soapbox only check once a day, add download links for YouTube and Vimeo videos in twitter.

1.8.203

More fixes for ongoing YouTube, Vimeo, Funny or Die, Yahoo, and Escapist layout changes, fix for keyboard controls needing page focus, remove Dailymotion support.

1.8.202

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, add support for new test YouTube HTML5 overlay controls, tweaks to settings synchronization, initial support for higher resolution displays, workarounds for Mozilla SDK bugs/features/changes, Safari code consolidation, reduce extension size.

1.8.201.1

Firefox and Safari only release.

1.8.201

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, added encrypted “Settings synchronization” option, added “L” key to load more YouTube videos (repeat as necessary), added initial/trial support for CNN and ESPN, fix for panoramic YouTube videos, fix for settings keys display in small windows (Firefox), fix for “Disable Google video codecs” option and YouTube HTML5 videos, removed Twitter macro URL functionality, removed sync settings with Google account, added emergency soapbox functionality.

1.8.200

Block more embedded YouTube ads, add “Disable Google video codecs” option to disable Chrome video codecs, improve options layout and searching, add support for panoramic YouTube videos.

1.8.199

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, added support for YouTube multi-cam.

1.8.198

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, spacing fixes for playing thumbnails, timing fix for some Safari users.

1.8.197

Firefox only release. Firefox is now as capable at blocking ads as Chrome and Opera.

1.8.196

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, handle YouTube videos in Facebook better, fix for window width issue on non-watch pages, fixes for some preview and playing thumbnails, fix for sorted playlists.

1.8.195

More fixes for ongoing YouTube and Escapist layout changes, added ability to search for options in Options, display changes for 3D video download links due to browser bugs, fix for non-sorting playlist and suggested videos.

1.8.194

More fixes for ongoing YouTube and Vimeo layout changes, added “Page font” option, fix for YouTube HTML5 video layout, compatibility fix for Netflix HTML5 videos, W3C fixes.

1.8.193

More fixes for ongoing YouTube and Vimeo layout changes, added “Audio only mode” option for YouTube, block more ads, fixes for Firefox and Safari 5.1 YouTube.

1.8.192

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, potential fix for Browser/Flash bug that causes the dual audio problem, add option to sort media download links, support for YouTube 60fps.

1.8.191

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, fix for page layout when not disabling auto-play, fix for refreshing Firefox settings, wordy mode outputs length, start, and finish.

1.8.190

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, added more sort options for playlists and suggested videos, work harder on HTML5 embedded videos, potential fix for Browser/Flash bug that causes the dual audio problem, added views, likes, and dislikes to suggested videos.

1.8.189

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, added “Always hide player controls” option, work harder on embedded videos, fix for Safari 5 versions.

1.8.188.1

Opera only release.

1.8.188

Tweaks and excessive changes for Firefox version, thumbnails options are now independent of links options, remove more ads from embedded YouTube (Chrome/Opera), YouTube and Vimeo layout changes, enhance for visually impaired wherever possible, fix “Open in place of the existing video” option, alt-arrows now scrub YouTube video when changing start and end times, added “Auto-play in popout window”option for the visually impaired browsers, remove YouTube Feather beta support, hide ads for magnify Vimeo videos.

1.8.187.3

Firefox only release.

1.8.187

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, tweaks for mysterious unreleased browser version, looping now obeys “Enable end time support” option, the “Include playlist and any video suggestions” option now creates download links for YouTube search results.

1.8.186.1

Safari only release.

1.8.186

More fixes for ongoing YouTube (watch8), Vimeo, MetaCafe, Funny or Die, Escapist layout changes, added initial Yahoo video support, added “Enable end time support” option, add download links to YouTube playlist pages, fix Vimeo download links, remove YouTube HTML5 video scrubber work-around, fix for 2x YouTube logos, block in-video ads for Dailymotion, MetaCafe, Escapist, and Yahoo, “Hide guide” / “Hide video action buttons” / “Show more description” / “Expand video carousels” options now work on pages other than YouTube, Chrome browser fixes, retire Dump, FearNet, G4TV, and Hulu.

1.8.185.1

Safari only release.

1.8.185

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, add “Upload date” format option, added 1440 support, fixes for download links, add video resizing to user and channel pages using the page-action menu, expand Downloads “Include playlist and any video suggestions” to user/channel/home pages, revise “Preview thumbnail” functionality.

1.8.184.1

Safari only fix for thumbnails not updating when using the “Preview thumbnail” option.

1.8.184

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, tweaks for Safari 8 and Chrome 38, added ability to sort downloads filenames, added “Include playlist and video suggestions” options for YouTube downloads, fix Escapist downloads, reduced mouseover area and added sticky buttons for “Preview thumbnail” and “Play video in place” options.

1.8.183

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes.

1.8.182

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, add suggested videos “Preview thumbnail” option, add hide Search box option, modify “Play video in place” option option, fixes for downloads, update images, work-arounds for Chrome bugs.

1.8.181

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, add Thumbnail Play option.

1.8.180

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, add Kiosk mode, improvements to settings importing.

1.8.179

More fixes for ongoing YouTube layout changes, and help pre-load thumbnails.

1.8.178

More fixes for YouTube layout changes which caused problems for playlists, added downloads to /channel pages, added option to sort playlists by author and title, show option for sticky reverse, restore “Keep the viewing size the same as the viewing quality” functionality, prep for watch8 changes.

1.8.177

More fixes for YouTube layout changes which caused problems for adding user names to downloads.

1.8.176

More fixes for YouTube layout changes which caused problems for adding user name and date to downloads.

1.8.175

More fixes for YouTubes one-page-to-rule-them-all changes.

1.8.174

More fixes for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.173

Fixes for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.172

Try harder to get around browser “double audio” bug. Try harder to set HTML5 resolution. Fixes for YouTube layout changes.

1.8.171

Rebrand to SPOI Options, “Display subscriptions as a grid” adjustments, add Safari 5.0 support.

1.8.170

Added “Display subscriptions as a grid” option, adjust checkins with license server.

1.8.169

Registration flow change. Now you can use https://spoi.com/options/subscribe.

1.8.168

Added tips to License tab.

1.8.167

Bug fixes and licensing changes.

1.8.166

Chrome “Full”/Safari/Opera only release to fix downloads.

1.8.165

Bug fixes.

1.8.164

Downloads fixes, notification of subscriptions.

1.8.163

Update EULA, fix HTML5 resolution, remove auto-play embed option.

1.8.162

Remove logic for old YouTube layouts.

1.8.161

Update Funny or Die layout, hide YouTube header when scrolling, workaround for Flash resolution bug, workaround for HTML5 control scrubbing bug, fix for non-YouTube Flash objects with flashvars.

1.8.160

Set resolution for embedded videos, remove Wadsworth option.

1.8.159

Fix for YouTube Flash embedded videos.

1.8.158

Bug fixes for YouTube.