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Compare Chrome extensions: Alternate Tab Order vs vidIQ Vision for YouTube

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Stats Alternate Tab Order Alternate Tab Order vidIQ Vision for YouTube vidIQ Vision for YouTube
User count 5,000+ 3,000,000+
Average rating 4.68 4.51
Rating count 31 9,732
Last updated 2015-02-08 2024-04-23
Size 16.79K 6.32M
Version 1.0.13 3.107.0
Short description
Opens new tabs at the end, and snaps back to view the opener tab under certain conditions Uncover the secrets to success behind your favorite YouTube videos.
Full summary

Changes tab ordering in a manner similar to pre-2010 Firefox.

The video explains it best, but by default, this extension does the following:

  • When a new tab is opened, it is sent to the end on the far-right

  • If that tab was opened with a left-click, such that it is automatically switched to, closing it will switch back to the tab from which is was opened (as long as no other tab had been switched to in the meantime)

What that means in practical terms is this:

  1. if I have an RSS reader open, left-clicking to read a story immediately will show me an open a tab on the end of the list. Closing that story it will take me back to my RSS reader.

  2. If I queue up a bunch of stories to read by middle-clicking several links, they will all open on the end of the tab list. When I go to read them by clicking on the first tab I opened, closing it will show me the next story.

I recognize how incredibly small the audience is for this exact setup, but there you have it.

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Do you want to know how to get more YouTube views, or discover the secrets to success behind your favorite YouTube channels and videos? vidIQ Vision for Chrome is a suite of powerful tools that every creator need access to if they want to build their audience on YouTube.

Whether you’re a content creator, digital-first publisher, or a community or marketing manager you need to know:

  • What makes ‘Related Videos’ related?
  • How do videos get ranked in Search?
  • Where do ‘Recommended Videos’ come from?
  • What does good YouTube SEO look like?
  • How does social media fit into audience development?
  • What’s REALLY trending on YouTube
  • What content your audience is searching for
  • What content to double down on to get more YouTube views

vidIQ's free Chrome extension provides these answers! We give you unique and authentic optimization data that can dramatically improve your videos’ performance, subscriber engagement, and promotion opportunities. vidIQ comes with a range of awesome features including:

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