Moves the video description to the right of the video (like it used to be 2009 and earlier) and makes a few 2009ish style tweaks to the video page.
As of
NEW YOUTUBE UPDATE NOTICE (April 2020) - This script only supports "Old Youtube" but Youtube is removing Old Youtube soon. An update for this script has been in development but Youtube keep breaking it, so I can't promise there will be an updated version.
Right Side Description (Previously known as Better Watch Page) improves Youtube's video pages by moving the video description to the right of the video (like it used to be 2009 and earlier) and putting the title above the video. An optional "Retro Style" setting applies some extra 2009ish style tweaks to the video page, including making the player controls display in light/white mode and removing the 'Roboto' font.
Requires the latest version of Firefox or Chrome (or FF/Chromium forks), as well as a userscripts extension (Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey). Other browsers may work but are unsupported.
Screenshots of the two style modes available. (Toggle button is in the 'more' buttons below the video)
Left: Using Retro Style option - Right: Using Card Style option
Recent Changes
2020.04.19 - Fix new Chapter display, thumbnails position, subtitles position (Retro Mode)
2018.06.17 - Quick update to direct people here if they're on 'New Youtube' (see message at top)
2018.01.13 - Improved Retro Mode styling when used with Youtube Umbra
2017.12.19 - Added support for the Greasemonkey 4 webextension
2017.03.22 - Improved Retro Mode styling when used with Youtube+'s popout player or cinema mode, or with Youtube DeepDark.
2017.03.13 - Added note to Youtube's Beta design
2017.01.28 - Fixed Retro Mode styling when used with Youtube DeepDark (thanks to djqvoteme and ShinkoNetCavy from Reddit for finding it). Removed region information for unavailable videos (until I can make it come up only on region-unavailable videos)
Tampermonkey 4.2 - Please check for Tampermonkey updates if you're a Tampermonkey user. Right Side Description works better in the latest version (4.2)
2016.10.26 - Added detection for dark themes, to enable the dark video player (in Retro Mode). Added region information for unavailable videos. Minor layout fixes.
2016.10.10 - Fix for invisible control bar in Chrome (Retro Mode)
2016.07.30 - Fix end-of-video preview thumbnails layout in Retro Mode
2016.05.29 - Add support for Youtube Red series titles above video. Minor Retro Mode layout fixes too.
2015.11.03 - Compatibility update with Youtube+: Fix layout issues with the control buttons, and fix the retro mode player styling not being applied when preventing autoplay.
2015.08.09 - Re-added always-visible controls (in Retro mode) and styling. Credit to Roy192 for mousemove event idea!
2015.02.04 - Major update for compatibility and style fixes with recent Youtube changes. Now works with Youtube's "spf" loading system. Removed outdated code. Point to HTTPS icons instead of HTTP.
2014.09.02 - Major update for compatibility with latest Youtube update and reduce potential clashes with future Youtube updates. Also made the retro styling optional by adding a toggle between "Retro Style" and "Card Style" (click the 'more' button below the video). Re-branded to Right Side Description (as that is the focus of the script).
2014 May - Moved to Greasyfork.
2010 - Original release.
Licence
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence, with additional conditions. To view a copy of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
The additional conditions are as follows: If you release a copy/modification of the script you MUST remove the "@id", "@namespace", "@name", "@website", "@updateURL", and "@downloadURL" fields and replace them with your own values, change "@author" to say your name followed by "Original script by Takato", and change "@copyright" to have your details followed by "Original script 2010+, Takato (https://greasyfork.org/users/1158/)".
Anyone who has released a copy of this script (or components of this script) prior to 2014-02-28 without my permission must remove their version. If you want to continue distributing it you must follow the terms of this licence. If you were given permission to use components of this script by me prior to 2014-02-28 you may continue to use them under the conditions we discussed or you may choose to update to this licence's conditions.
Contact me via PM if you want to do something not covered by this licence and we can discuss it.
Disclaimer
Right Side Description and its author are not associated with or endorsed by Youtube and/or Google. THIS SCRIPT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Recommended Scripts by other authors (compatible with this script)
Youtube New UI Fix by Roy192 - Use this for 2014 controls in Card/Google mode. (Not compatible with Retro Mode)
