Shorts Deflector

Seamlessly play YouTube Shorts with the normal desktop interface

What is Shorts Deflector?

Shorts Deflector is a Chrome extension designed to improve the viewing experience of YouTube Shorts on desktops. It bypasses the mobile-optimized interface typically triggered when opening a Short, providing users with the normal desktop interface. This allows for enhanced features like video scrubbing, easier access to comments, and a visible view count. Despite its efficiency, the extension operates subtly, switching to the desktop viewer so swiftly, it is barely noticeable. Safety from intrusion is guaranteed as it only requires 'Read your browsing history' permission for page updates. Optimise your YouTube Shorts desktop viewing experience with Shorts Deflector.

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By: Attituding

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Users: 5,000+ ▼ -1,000

Rating: 4.47 (32)

Version: 1.16.2 (Last updated: 2024-01-04)

Creation date: 2022-04-04

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
scripting
storage
webNavigation

Host permissions:

https://www.youtube.com/*

Size: 25.54K

Email: at*****@outlook.com

URLs: Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 13723 ▼ 1735

Other rankings

#233 in Tools ▲ 7 #33 in youtube shorts keyword 36 ▲ 5 #230 in permission keyword 13 ▼ 1

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Summary

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Why does clicking on a YouTube Short on a desktop bring up the mobile-optimized interface? With no video scrubbing, harder to access comments, less accessible view count, and more, it makes no sense to use on a desktop.

Shorts Deflector is an extension that allows you to seamlessly watch YouTube Shorts with the normal desktop interface. By using several techniques, this extension is super fast; you will barely notice the switch to the desktop viewer. Install now and try it out for yourself!

Upon install, the "Read your browsing history" permission may seem alarming, but this permission is only used to detect page updates.

Open source at https://github.com/attituding/shorts-deflector

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helps maintain focus
Useful
Works perfectly

Cons

Infinite reloading loop
Not working for some users

Most mentioned

Works perfectly
Useful
Thank you

Recent reviews

literally doesn't work. just triggers and infinite reloading loop

Will Ashley, 2023-08-21

Stopped working. Tried clicking on the google doodle today which links to a short, and it just triggers an infinite loading loop.

Will Ashley, 2023-06-09

literally doesn't work. just triggers and infinite reloading loop

Will Ashley, 2023-08-21

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Safety

Risk impact

Shorts Deflector may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.