Plain old youtube (2020) | 7KT EDITION

7ktTube: Reverts YouTube to the 2016 Layout! (Polymer Engine FIX) | Customisation interface(API) included | Customizable thumbnail size | Customizable video player size | Download video button(no redirect) | Grey-out thumbnails on watched videos | Hide suggestions blocks | Hide all the filter bars | And much more!

Author
7KT SWE
Daily installs
11
Total installs
4,916
Ratings
44 10 2
Version
2.5.2
Created
2020-02-14
Updated
2021-04-22
Compatibility
Compatible with Firefox Compatible with Chrome Compatible with Opera Compatible with Edge
License
MIT
Applies to

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IMPORTANT: Script doesn't support Greasemonkey
Use Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey instead

DISCORD SERVER:
https://discord.gg/UQHSEsUW4S

Changelog:
[2.3.7] - 2021-03-23
YouTube just replaced all buttons with new ugly ones... Switched back to the old ones again.
[2.4.0] - 2021-03-28
Corrected the alignment of the Live-chat table
[2.4.2] - 2021-03-28
Prevented the new alignment of the Live-chat table displacing the Watch Later table
[2.4.3] - 2021-04-01
Added new video player size option (1280 x 720)
Added Force video quality options 144p -> 4320p
Fixed subscribe button being to small in some languages
Added the old "Video not available" page design
[2.4.5] - 2021-04-02
App-drawer table padding weren't displayed properly any longer for some reason.. issue now fixed.
[2.4.6] - 2021-04-05
Minor CSS updates
[2.4.7] - 2021-04-06
Updated Grey-out watched items function. Video-titles will no longer change opacity (text were almost invisible and hard to read)
[2.4.8] - 2021-04-17
YouTube deleted specific css elements for buttons (Join / Subscribe on watch page) ... should work properly now.
And the Notification bell button now properly colored in dark mode
[2.4.9] - 2021-04-17
script did not work properly on home and subscription page, issue now fixed.
[2.5.0] - 2021-04-17
Fixed issue with avatars being square even if the "Make profile pictures square again" were disabled
[2.5.1] - [2.5.2] - 2021-04-22
Minor CSS updates

Grey out watched video thumbnails info:
Use ALT+LeftClick or ALT+RightClick on a video list item to manually toggle the watched marker.
The mouse button is defined in the script and can be changed.
For restoring/merging history, source file can also be a YouTube's history data JSON
(downloadable from https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en).
Or a list of YouTube video URLs (using current time as timestamps).

The script options menu is located in the top right corner:


Currently available options:
  • Old YouTube logo option
  • Turn on or off video previews when mouse-over
  • Make the search-bar smaller and better positioned
  • Grey-out thumbnails indicator for watched videos
  • Hide Filters bar at front page and when watching video in "up next column"
  • Collapse "guide" menu by default
  • Customizable thumbnail size
  • Hide suggestion blocks
  • Unstick header bar from top of the screen
  • Hide channel banners
  • Change YT logo target
  • Local video downloader
  • Custom video player size
  • Force video quality 144p -> 4320p

    Thanks bogudan and for the Youtube polymer engine fixes script implemented in this version.
    https://greasyfork.org/en/users/599671-bogudan
    Also thanks to jcunews for the source code to mark watched videos, now modified and re-designed by me.
    https://greasyfork.org/en/users/85671-jcunews
    7kt tube,Old YouTube,layout, 2016 layout, 7kt NukeM, good old YouTube replacement
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