code-charity
Square Thumbnails
⚬ PROBLEM:
There's a Chrome extension called Thumbnail Rating Bar for YouTube™ that adds a bar to the top or bottom of thumbnails just like the removed like/dislike bar that used to be under videos.
With YT's recent update to make thumbnails have rounded corners, part of the like/dislike bar is hidden. And sometimes it's enough to not be able to see the red side of the like/dislike bar.
⚬ SOLUTION:
So my feature request is to add an option to make thumbnails square just like you did for user images:
⚬ ALTERNATIVES: I don't think any are needed imo, this should be an easy thing to implement.
⚬ RELEVANCE / SCOPE: Yes, the rounded corners are a stupid trend and hide info that may only exist in the corner of a thumbnail. Anyone who uses your already existing "Squared user images" option should like this option, as well as, anyone using Thumbnail Rating Bar for YouTube™
⚬ "SIDE EFFECTS":
Who might not want this you ask? Well maybe that one dude who feature requested the "Squared user images" option shouldn't be squared......
⚬ CONTEXT: I think I've said enough
| SHORT Table | (Summary) |
|---|---|
| Problem | Rounded thumbnail corners |
| Solution | Option for "Squared thumbnail images" |
| Alternatives | Shouldn't be necessary |
| Scope | ~99% if they know about it. |
| Side effects | Another menu option |
| Context | Enough has been said |
Thank you! @Ayoitswiz
- (Better?) Naming / Taxonomy:
- "No round Corners" (we could use native speakers)
- User-Avatars
- User-Avatars & Previews/Thumbnails
- Slighly rounded Avatars (closes #1093)
stupid trend
- Yes, round design seems natural/calm: Focus must be a point with a radius. To scan a large rectangle, we might involuntarily watch all 4 corners. For smaller ones the main advantage must be easy distinguishing of single items VS losing structure/unity as column or table.
- A strange world in which keyboard-keys are not hexagon-/hive-/diamond-shaped let alone plots of land, rooms, etc.
Rating Bar for YouTube
- https://github.com/elliotwaite/thumbnail-rating-bar-for-youtube (we could integrate) @elliotwaite
- BTW afaik Youtube offerrs access to dislikes for specific applicants. Should we ask? Did they allow anybody yet?
yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.web_rounded_thumbnails = false; yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.web_watch_rounded_player_large = false;