Window Expander For YouTube

Expands the YouTube Video to fill your entire web browser Window.

What is Window Expander For YouTube?

Window Expander for YouTube is a unique Chrome extension designed for a premium YouTube viewing experience. Unlike the conventional full-screen button, it expands videos to fill the entire web browser window without altering the window size, which is extremely beneficial for multiple monitor setups. Its updates support HTML5 and https, and also allow setting a preferred video quality level.

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Users: 20,000+

Rating: 4.02 (413)

Version: 2.3 (Last updated: 2014-06-21)

Creation date: 2014-06-21

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
http://www.youtube.com/*
https://www.youtube.com/*

Size: 183.30K

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 5746 ▼ 94

Other rankings

#2498 in Just for Fun ▲ 5 #98 in windows keyword 80 ▲ 4

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Summary

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The Window Expander for YouTube maximizes YouTube videos in the web browser eliminating all white space and other texts. This is different then the fullscreen button in that it does not change the size of the actual browser window, it just fills the window with video. This is particularly useful for multiple monitor setups.

Version 2.3 adds support for HTML5. Note, the features such as setting resolution currently do not work with HTML5 videos; however, expanding and minimizing does work.

Version 2.2 removes a popup when the resolution of the video could not be found. Its a result of my debugging a previous problem.

Version 2.1 added support for https.

Version 2.0 fixed the quality not being set properly on expanded windows bug.

Version 1.7 new features: you can now set a preferred quality level for YouTube Videos. The options include small, medium, large, 720p, and 1080p.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Resizes Youtube to take up the entire screen with no white space
Works great with large 4K monitors
Allows for quick switching between tabs while playing a video
Does exactly what it promises
Easily customizable video play

Cons

Adverts pop up when pausing videos
Can't revert back to the normal screen
Can't use it with a playlist
Doesn't work on other websites and embedded videos
Doesn't enhance the 'theater mode'

Most mentioned

Expands Youtube videos to fill the screen
Doesn't provide the option to return to the normal screen
Disables autoplay
Doesn't function with playlist
Works well with single videos but not with embedded videos on other sites

Recent reviews

Doesn't work at Youglish.com

blue, 2021-10-22

Was great until i noticed the adverts popping up when pausing videos. Location of the banner makes it inconvenient

MrPdub247, 2018-06-06

Was looking for a way to resize youtube so i could have reference videos playing in a corner while working with several other files. This essentially turns the youtube tab into a screen with no white space, which gets it done for me.

Jacob Hamilton, 2018-03-06

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Safety

Risk impact

Window Expander For YouTube is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Window Expander For YouTube if you trust the publisher.