Old YouTube plugin

by Abdulla
~1 minute
Old YouTube plugin

Do you miss the old Youtube look?

Don't worry! 😀

After Youtube's team changed its style for no apparent reason, I went into different internet's alleys and found a workaround to browse Youtube website with the good old style.

You simply need to add &disable_polymer=1 at the end of URL.

To automate this, I developed a simple Chrome plugin because ... why not?

Before adding the magical parameter:

After:

How to use:

  1. Download the project and put the files in a folder "Old Youtube"
  2. Open Chrome browser, then go to Settings menu -> More tools -> Extensions
  3. Click "Load unpacked" and choose "Old Youtube" folder
  4. The plugin should be enabled by default. If not, enable it.
  5. Visit youtube.com and verify if the url ends with "&disable_polymer=1"

Enjoy

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