YouTube Refined: Improve's YouTube UI

Updates the Desktop YouTube UI to have rounded corners and further enhancements and tweaks.

YouTube Refined: Enhance & Improve YouTube Desktop UI

YouTube Refined: Improve's YouTube UI is a Chrome Extension aimed at refining YouTube's desktop user interface. Experience YouTube with rounded corners, added hover animations, increased spacing, and color enhancements among others. The extension provides clear separation of comments, background colors for unfinished videos, and adds a distinct 'CONTINUE WATCHING' label for previously watched videos. Enjoy enhanced user experience without altering YouTube's functionality.

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Extension stats

By: Thomas Carter

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.48

(21)

Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2022-10-18)

Creation date: 2021-10-15

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Size: 13.39K

Email: th*****@bluedino.co.uk

Ranking

# 24,765 ▲ 102

Other rankings

#1777 in Just for Fun ▲ 5 #52 in improve keyword 18 ▼ 15 #132 in increase keyword 17 ▼ 16 #149 in animation keyword 8 ▼ 22

Other platforms

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2.76

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Not available on Firefox

Tube Refiner for YouTube™ (v1.0.0)

4.00

(2) 269

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Extension summary

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Refine and enhance the desktop experience of YouTube with more consistent UI, rounded corners and general tweaks. This extension does not change any functionality of YouTube, this is simply an UI polish and enhancement. The UI tweaks will work in both light and dark mode and will adapt accordingly. Below is a list of the UI tweaks that have been currently made:

SUBSCRIPTIONS:

Increased spacing between each video
Added a hover animation to each video, making it clear which video you are clicking and to add some flare.
Video thumbnails now use rounded corners

VIDEO PLAYER:

Adds rounded corners to video player
Increased the roundness of corners on action buttons
Adds rounded corners to the individual flyout cards
Adds a hover animation to the individual flyout cards
Fixes the flyout menu appearing below end slate elements
Adds a background colour to the Share, Download, Clip and Save buttons to make them more consistent with other action buttons
Increased the spacing of elements within the channel strip and top comment strip

User reviews

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Pros

Improves YouTube's UI and overall user experience
Great and modern layout
Makes YouTube look more refined and smooth
Users appreciate the rounded look compared to flat designs
Provides a cleaner look for frequent YouTube users

Cons

Lacks customization options for individual features
Issues with dark mode visibility
Forces disabling of YouTube's Ambient-mode
Excessive whitespace between comments leading to annoyance
No option to toggle specific mods on or off

Most mentioned

Need for customization options
Complaints about dark mode visibility
Issues with Ambient-mode being disabled
Desire for reduced whitespace between comments
Desire for feature toggles

User reviews

Not bad, I guess; it does what it claims to do.

QvrTz, 2024-05-01

I love the extension. That being said, I have noticed that when you highlight the "view replies" function in the comments, the oval around it overlaps the comment's border. It's a very small thing, but it'd be cool to see it addressed

Alternatehistoryball, 2024-03-24

Great extension, but needs just a few features: a.) Customization: I read the other reviews, and know that you are working on it. b.) Functionality on dark mode: The "Continue Watching" text is hard to see when using dark mode.