Youtube - Right Side Description

Moves the video description to the right of the video, adds options for a retro player and style

As of 2020-08-27. See the latest version.

Author
Takato
Ratings
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Version
2020.08.27
Created
2014-05-15
Updated
2020-08-27
License
N/A
Applies to

Now supporting both New Youtube (including Dark Mode) and Old Youtube!
On New Youtube, the settings button is in the header on video pages.


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 providing options to make the video smaller, have an 'always visible' retro video player bar, put the title above the video, and additional style tweaks. Fully supports Youtube's "Dark Mode".

Requires the latest version of Firefox or Chromium (like Chrome or Vivaldi), as well as a userscripts extension (Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey recommended). Other browsers and older versions may work but are unsupported. Mobile devices are unsupported.

New Youtube Screenshots:

Some variations depending on your chosen settings

Old Youtube Screenshots: Settings button for Old Youtube

Left: Using Retro Style option    -    Right: Retro Style disabled

Recent Changes
2020.08.22 - Change settings button behaviour, and improve settings menu [New Youtube]
2020.08.20 - Fix being stuck in fullscreen [Small player size, New Youtube]. Fix (i) icon always showing [Retro player, Old & New Youtube]
2020.08.17 - New Setting: Smaller player size (matches the sizes on Old Youtube), check the settings panel [New Youtube]. Music rights in the description are now hover-to-view (English only, request your language) [Old & New Youtube]
2020.08.07 - Fix play/skip/volume button alignment after Youtube update (Retro Player / Old & New Youtube)
2020.07.31 - Major Update to support New Youtube! Check the settings button on New Youtube to see the new options.
2020.07.21 - Chapter display now only shows on hover (Retro Mode)
2020.04.19 - Fix new Chapter display, thumbnails position, subtitles position (Retro Mode)

Older Changes
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/)".
Copies/modifications must be 'value added', for example by adding additional features or fixes that improve and rely on this script and can't otherwise be achieved by having multiple scripts installed.
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.