Stress test for hiding hidden videos
27.02.2026 09:07
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Stress test for hiding hidden videos
Control Panel for Twitter v4.22.2 adds hiding suggested content in Search results (People, News, etc.), fixes a bug where mobile startd accidentally switching to Priority Notifications after a Twitter rendering change, and has more Dim theme fixes, including for the PWA theme
Control Panel for YouTube v1.13.4 fixes new Auto +1/+2/+3 grid items per row options not working if certain other options are all off, fixes CSS from another extension breaking our new fixes for grid loading placeholders on desktop, and more...
Release notes: github.com/insin/contro...
I think they might already be hidden as Playlists, will check the next time I see some
We continue to have the capacity to support more than two colors right now, so Control Panel for Twitter v4.22.1 fixes some UI elements missed in the initial Dim theme, including Chat. It also fixes some fast blocking issues.
Release notes: github.com/insin/contro...
Control Panel for YouTube v1.31 brings significant changes to the default settings for a more opinionated, Control Panel for Twitter-like initial experience which shows what the extension can do
It's also packed with new features, improvements and fixes
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Control Panel for Twitter v4.22.0 adds a new "Dark mode theme" option to let you keep using the Dim theme, after Elon's minions at X removed it
Release notes: github.com/insin/contro...
Before (literally unusable), after with the new option (somewhat usable):
Zillions of versions of Control Panel for YouTube in macOS Safari's Extensions settings tab
The nightmare of testing browser extensions in macOS Safari, these old builds appear and disappear at will, don't work if you look at them wrong, can't be uninstalled when they feel like it, and all need to be manually uninstalled one-by-one
<ExtensionOptions iconPath="/images/control-panel-for-youtube.svg" name="Control Panel for YouTube" safariToolbarIconPath="/images/control-panel-for-youtube-toolbar-icon.svg" />
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Big Control Panel for YouTube release planned for this weekend, with changes piling up while we waited for all browser extension stores to catch up to the most recent version, and a bunch of WIP we've had sitting around pushed through to completion
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The 2 different dismissed video UIs YouTube currently has, right next to each other in the Home page
YouTube devs: consistency in graphic design is my passion
Instructions for opening Control Panel for YouTube's settings in Firefox, Chrome and Edge, with the "Manage Extensions" icon matching the one in the current browser
The detail is in the details
Oh yeah! Great idea
Meanwhile in the browser extension store review queue
Control Panel for YouTube users: which options should we start enabling by default?
Currently most things are opt-in, so people install, think "uh, that's it?" and will continue to think so unless they open the option popup and scroll through, enabling things
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v1.30.2 • Changed the option to configure the background style of new player controls on desktop - you can now make them blurred for improved legibility • Fixed size of the dismissed content card after hiding a video when displaying the Subscriptions grid as a list on desktop • Fixed Home and Channel grids being misaligned due to hidden items when displaying the Subscriptions grid as a list on desktop • Fixed the restored Miniplayer button and its tooltip being visible if extension features are disabled after they've been added v1.30.0 • Added an option to display the Subscriptions grid view as a list on desktop, for list users stuck in grid view as part of current YouTube A/B tests • Added a sub-option to control whether or not the channel avatar and name is used as a header, to make more space for videos • Removed the Restore "Upload date" search filter option, as it's now been removed from the YouTube API v1.29.3 • Fixed spacing of thumbnails when the reverting the 2 column layout variant of the Related sidebar on desktop v1.29.2 • Fixed thumbnails images reverting the 2 column layout variant of the Related sidebar on desktop v1.29.1 • Fixed thumbnail width when restoring the Related sidebar layout v1.29.0 • Added an option to hide low view (< 1000) videos in Related • Added a new "Extra small" size option for Search thumbnails on desktop • Updated the option which restores the normal Related sidebar layout on desktop to also revert the 2 column and wide variants • Fixed the restored Upload date filter in Search on desktop causing a full page reload • Fixed adding another Upload date filter when the current user still has the old Sort by filters in Search on desktop • Renamed the "YouTube experiments" option group to "Recent YouTube changes", as these didn't end up just being A/B tests as expected
The latest version of Control Panel for YouTube finally got approved by Firefox Add-ons, so you get all this new stuff at once, Firefox users
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Twitter removed the Dim theme - temporary workaround for now on top of the Lights out theme if you want almost-Dim back:
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When a feature accidentally works with another feature
Typical Home feed usage
How about delaying the hide until the last active timer finishes?
After trying to use this (optional) enhancement to Control Panel for YouTube's "Hide hidden videos" feature, I'm thinking... delay all hides until the last active timer expires?
Showing 3 thumbnails when YouTube wanted to show 2
Showing 2 thumbnails when YouTube wanted to show 1
This doesn't work well at narrower screen sizes, where we'll always just add 1 instead
Menu showing new Auto + grid items per row options
A screen resolution where YouTube wants to show 3 giant thumbnails
The same screen resolution with Auto +2, showing 5 thumbnails
We're adding new "Auto +" options to the number of grid items per row in Control Panel for YouTube, e.g Auto +2: when YouTube wants to show 3, you show 5; when YouTube wants to show 4, you show 6
That's the Chicago way
After a bit of effort, we can now clone the placeholders so they flow into the grid, match the actual video thumbnail sizes, and only show one row's worth of placeholders (based on your "Minimum grid items per row" setting), and the loading spinner is now always correctly centred
As big fans of getting the small things right, it was time to fix this - since we're hiding things in Home and Subscriptions, YouTube's loading placholders end up flowing into whatever space is left, like this:
Might as well let you display your YouTube Home feed as a list too
We can 100% get music to play, but why have music...
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Testing Control Panel for YouTube on this video
