Read Comments On YouTube Without Losing Video Playback Focus [Chrome]

One problem with watching videos on YouTube is losing screen focus from the playback as you scroll down to read comments. YouTube As It Should Be, a Chrome extension, offers a new way to browse and watch video content on YouTube. The extension works around the losing focus issue by elegantly adding scroll bars to related video content and comments block, eliminating the need to scroll away from video player to view comments and related content. Furthermore, a toolbar with forward/backward, autoplay and shuffle buttons is added to the bottom of the page. You can also view thumbnail previews of all related videos by hovering your mouse over all video clips.
With this extension, you can watch the video and read comments at the same time. The comments section gets a scrollbar of its own, shrinking the panel from its original size so that the video never moves out of focus. A toolbar with useful buttons is also added to YouTube Videos, allwoing you to switch between previous/next video, auto play and enable shuffle. Moreover, the thumbnail previews allow you to quickly skim through a video’s content without actually needing to play it, thus making it easier to find content of your interest.

Scroll bars are also added to the related videos panel, so you can easily scroll down them while continuing to watch the currently-playing video.

This is quite a handy extension that improves your YouTube video watching experience. It gives YouTube an elegant look and lets you enjoy videos and comments at the same time. Visit the link below, try it out, and let us know what you think.

Install YouTube As It Should Be For Chrome

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YouTube's Big Redesign is a Letdown

Sorry, Google, but I was expecting more from the big YouTube redesign that launched this week.
Admittedly, I don't visit the YouTube homepage often. Most of my visits come from links on other Websites. But I was hoping that would change with the redesign, which emphasizes content "Channels," shared videos from social media, and a customizable home page feed.
As someone who cut the cable cord and currently runs a home theater PC to my living room television, I'm a prime candidate for YouTube's new redesign--starved for original Web video to watch on the big screen. Sadly, the new design doesn't deliver, and neither does the new content. Here's why:
Lacking Longform
Earlier this year, rumor had it that Google was spending as much as $100 million to compete with broadcast TV. Turns out, this original programming isn't very different in format from the stuff we've been watching on YouTube for years. It just has more polish and more pre-roll advertising. I want more long-form content instead of three-minute clips, but finding it isn't easy. The channels that are available now, such as Machinima and Jay Z's Life and Times, consist mostly of short videos.
Channels Aren't Really Channels
To evoke a feeling of watching television, YouTube is putting an emphasis on "channels," each of them a collection of videos from a single source. But the analogy doesn't work well, because these channels aren't producing enough content on their own. If you tune in to a channel like DanceOn on a daily basis, you'll be watching the same content over and over. And although you can subscribe to multiple channels to keep a steady flow of content coming in, that's a lot of work, and TV is supposed to be effortless. YouTube should curate themed channels that draw in content from multiple sources, ensuring that there's always lots of new stuff to watch.
No Leaning Back
The great thing about television is that it's passive. You turn it on and let the content come to you. On YouTube, it's the user's responsibility to decide what comes next. Why not add a toggle to automatically deliver one video after another? At least that way, YouTube's reliance on short video clips wouldn't be so bothersome. (I know, there's YouTube Leanback, but that doesn't have the social media feeds and suggested channels you get on the main site.)
YouTube's Robert Kyncl has written that the "defining channels of the next generation"--the successors to MTV, ESPN, CNN and so on--are being born and watched on the site. But unless YouTube makes it easier for people to tune in to all that content and watch it for hours at a time, the old television networks have nothing to worry about

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How to Activate or Deactivate New Youtube Design

After the launch of Google+ , Google has been redesigning almost all of its products starting from the Google Homepage to the latest Gmail and now the Youtube. Some of these redesigns are released in beta and not publicly applied unless enough feedback is returned. So recently Google has redesigned the Youtube and its looking amazing (Coool ).

Read on to find out how to activate it on your PC or if you wish to revert it, The same can be read here in the coming points. Remember that unlike the Gmail’s redesign, Youtube design is not account specific atleast as of now. So you need not be logged into test the new Youtube design.

How to Activate New Youtube Design

Step 1. Open Youtube Homepage [LINK].
Step 2 A] If you are using Mozilla Firefox browser, Then follow the below steps.

Step 2 a

• Press Ctlr + Shift + K to open the Web Console of Firefox.
• Paste the following Script in the Console box.
  document.cookie=”VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU”;
• Press Enter.

Step 2 B] If you are using Google Chrome browser, Then follow the below steps.

Step 2 b

• Press Ctrl + Shift + J to open the Developer Tools of Chrome.
• Paste the following script in the Developer Tools box.
  document.cookie=”VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU”;
• Press Enter.
•  

Step 2 C] If you are using Opera Browser, then follow these steps.

• Open Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Cookies > Manage Cookies.
• Search for VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
• Press Edit > Change the value to ST1Ti53r4fU
• Save it.
•  

Step 3. Close the Console Box or Developer Tools and Refresh the page to get the new Youtube Design.

Step 3

How to Deactivate New Youtube Design

Since the Youtube design is based on Cookies and not account specific, You just have to clear your cookies to get rid of the new design.
To clear cookies in any browser, Press Ctrl + Shift + Delete then tick the Cookies checkbox and Clear the cookies.
Note:
If you want to keep the New Youtube Design as the permanent one but are using some Temporary Files cleaning tools like CCleaner then you will have to add exception to the Youtube Cookies to keep the design permanent unless Google decides to launch it publicly.

Possible Errors and Solutions

If you are getting the following error in the console or developer tools when entering the code, Try the following solutions.

• Try this script instead of the one given above
  document.cookie=’VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU’;
• Clear the Cookies,Cache,Site preferences and all of the browser before trying the script.
• Click on Clear Log in the Console or Developer Tool before entering the script.

To Add Youtube Cookie Exception to CCleaner.

1. Open CCleaner
2. Click Options
3. Click on Cookies Tab
4. Search for youtube and select the cookie and click on the > icon to add it as exception.

BONUS TIP:

There are more Youtube Gems hidden under the hood of Youtube Test Arena, To unlock all the gems visit Youtube Test Tube page. You will see many more hidden youtube features like Youtube Cosmic Panda etc. Note: Cosmic Panda is not to be confused with the Youtube New Design.
Source : Lifehacker
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70+ Fastest Ways To Download YouTube Videos for FREE [Ultimate List]

So, Ever wondered if there’s a way or another to download videos from YouTube?
Well, the Answer is definitely YES !! There’s much more than one way. So far, I’ve found about 70+ working methods to get videos from YouTube. Check them out.
First of all, if you have already watched the video fully, you don’t need to download it. It’s already there, saved in your system, you only need to access it with a software called Unlocker. A few more steps and you got the video saved. This method is described in detail here.

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How to Download Youtube Videos in Computer and Mobile

YouTube is a video-sharing website created by three former PayPal employees in 2005. Now under Google's acquisition, YouTube is the most viewed video sharing website on the internet. As a result, almost 24 hours of video content is uploaded to this site per minute. With so much video content being uploaded, people have felt the need to download videos but YouTube does not allow users to download videos. So what does a user do?

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