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The new 1.1.6 should fix it. I guess you were using the inline preview player, which I always disable in account prefs.
1.1.6 didn't work on update, but seeing another commenter here saying to reinstall it (delete, then instal) worked !
Cheers !
Stopped working, hope there's a fix soon :)