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Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by ge96 » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

a123b456c wrote: post #89

herpdyderp wrote: post #4

You can insert (and tweak) this into uBlock Origin filters: ! YouTube Fix & Customization by Arch v1.8.4 ! (1/11) YouTube 4 Videos Per Row Fix (Home and Channel Pages) / YouTube Fix & Customization youtube.com##ytd-rich-grid-row, #contents.ytd-rich-grid-row:style(display:contents !important;) youtube.com##ytd-rich-grid-renderer, html:style(--ytd-rich-grid-items-per-row: 5 !important;) youtube.com##ytd-rich-grid-rende…

Didn't the new Chrome update break uBlock, or is that just for my test cell? I've been in mourning...

re-enable it or if not there is ublock origin lite which I believe is legit

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by musesum » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

My chain of thought:

1) Aaron Marcus - who found optimal menu count to be 5 +/- 2

2) Magic number 7 +/- 2

3) Fitt's Law selectivity (bigger is easier)

4) Shared layout for mobile + desktop

5) I hate short form

6) Is 5) a non-sequitur?

7) No! I now have the attention span of a goldfish.

8) Maybe I should read a book

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by mubou » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

OtherShrezzing wrote: post #126

tambourine_man wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This means you can't hover your mouse in the gaps between columns while you scroll to prevent videos autoplaying when moused over You can disable autoplay at https://www.youtube.com/account_playback , then uncheck "Video previews". It resets itself every 15 days or so, but at least one can have some peace in the meantime.

You can also set this in your browser with the _reduce motion_ parameter. Absolutely no sites, including YouTube, honour the parameter. But you can at least tell the site that you'd prefer it another way.

> You can also set this in your browser with the _reduce motion_ parameter.

Unfortunately there's no way to set this per-site, at least in Chrome. Similarly, if you disable animations in Windows, you also disable all animations and transitions in websites that support prefers-reduced-motion, causing some sites to feel janky as a result.

They really need to add a per-site toggle for that, and a browser-level option to ignore the OS' setting. Turning off animations in Word shouldn't turn them off in Google Calendar.

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by diabllicseagull » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:30 PM UTC

dcchambers wrote: post #58

I am BEGGING someone, anyone at Google/YouTube to let me permanently disable YouTube Shorts. I HATE Short form video content and no matter how many times I select "show me less of this" I still get them front and center when I open the app or website.

I've been using an Unhook, the extension, and couldn't have been happier.

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by tuetuopay » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:30 PM UTC

rozab wrote: post #46

For a long time the grid of videos on the homepage has been slightly misaligned. I imagine the different rows belong to different teams. This means you can't hover your mouse in the gaps between columns while you scroll to prevent videos autoplaying when moused over. I find the autoplay so annoying because it hides the thumbnail which was carefully designed to communicate why I should click on the video and replaces…

This bugged me so much and yet I ended up noticing a simple workaround: keep the mouse in the top bar where the search box is.

By all UI logic this should not scroll as this element is not scrollable (it's the top bar above the scrollable content), but YouTube and Google in their infinite UX wisdom kept the scroll mouse events go behind the hovered element. I won't complain about this one too.

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by esolyt » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:30 PM UTC

dcchambers wrote: post #58

I am BEGGING someone, anyone at Google/YouTube to let me permanently disable YouTube Shorts. I HATE Short form video content and no matter how many times I select "show me less of this" I still get them front and center when I open the app or website.

Youtube Unhook extension does that and it does a lot more to improve Youtube's UI.

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by scubbo » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:31 PM UTC

bryanhogan wrote: post #85

dcchambers wrote: post #58

I am BEGGING someone, anyone at Google/YouTube to let me permanently disable YouTube Shorts. I HATE Short form video content and no matter how many times I select "show me less of this" I still get them front and center when I open the app or website.

I'm happy with the extensions that I've been using, makes using YouTube much better and protects me from the wonderful world of "Shorts".

Would you share those extensions so that other people can join you in this good situation?

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by skyyler » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:31 PM UTC

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #104

timbit42 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you looked at the "YouTube-shorts block" add-on?

Not the OP, but I have given up on trusting low-audience browser extensions. Too many stories of the author selling out and injecting analytics/malware into the product.

300k users is low-audience to you?

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by jaydenmilne » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:31 PM UTC

II2II wrote: post #64

On the extrapolation to zero videos by September 2026: it is already here. Seriously. Clear your cookies or open a private window. All of the videos are replaced by the message "Try searching to get started". Granted, as someone who clears cookies regularly, I like the change.

Its oddly relaxing.

As an aside, this is something I've noticed recently switching to KDE from Windows/OSX No one is trying to get me to do anything with my computer to pump their metrics. You log in the first time, there's a little welcome popup, and that's it. You are now free to use your computer as you wish.

It's oddly stressful being a rat in a bunch of PM's maze.

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by jaggs » Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 4:31 PM UTC

I hate to be that guy, but how many of us are actually paying for this service? Yeah we pay with ads and attention, but is there another company that's prepared to store over 500 hours of new content every single minute? Yeah it sucks, but free is as free does.