YouTube Fast Fullscreen Toggle

Avoid the lag when entering/exiting fullscreen on a YouTube video - by hiding the heavy fluff while transitioning

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YouTube Fast Fullscreen Toggle - Lag-free YouTube Experience

YouTube Fast Fullscreen Toggle is a solution speeding up the transition into/out of fullscreen mode on YouTube for Chrome users. The extension significantly minimizes the typical lag in transition time by temporarily hiding extra HTML content on the page during the transition, resulting in a lag-free and more seamless YouTube experience.

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Extension stats

By: zimbico

Users: 2,000+

-1,000

Rating: 4.64

(80)

Version: 2.10.0 (Last updated: 2024-04-19)

Creation date: 2021-02-14

Size: 22.20K

Email: zi*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 19,000 ▼ 2,437

Other rankings

#530 in Accessibility ▲ 2 #56 in toggle keyword 35 ▼ 38 #57 in fastest way keyword 16 ▼ 12 #142 in firefox keyword 21 ▼ 64 #233 in playlist keyword 17 ▼ 10

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Significantly reduces the delay when entering fullscreen (from several seconds to less than one second)
Works well for single videos
Users report it as a massive improvement over the default experience
No longer delays when switching to fullscreen, especially for high-end systems

Cons

Inconsistent performance, sometimes it doesn't work at all
Does not function as well with playlists
Issues reported with displaying a grey bar during transitions
Not updated frequently, causing concerns about reliability

Most mentioned

Works great for reducing fullscreen delay
Does not consistently work, especially with playlists
Needs updates for continued reliability and functionality

User reviews

incredible it really does work I have always wondered why their engineers never bothered to fix this issue!!

Mike Bilel, 2025-01-06

its great i like it we can watch larva😁😂🤣🤣😆😂😂

Shenuli Aadya, 2024-10-14

Works great

Mike, 2024-09-16

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Extension safety

Risk impact

YouTube Fast Fullscreen Toggle requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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