Release 2.36.22 - 2.36.30

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2.36.30 Improvements:

• Faster theme switch

Fixes:

• Fixed an error on pageload

Release schedule:

• [x] Chrome (MV3 - 2022-08-11 -> 2022-08-14)
• [x] Edge (MV3 - 2022-08-11 -> 2022-08-17)
• [x] Firefox (MV2 - 2022-08-11)
• [x] Opera (MV2 - 2022-08-11)

2.36.29 New:

• Settings "HDR Filter"

Improvements:

• Flicker free switch to dark/light theme when enabling/disabling ambient light
• Light theme shadows now match the dark theme shadows
• Immersive mode now centers the video vertically
• Resize performance
• Black bar detection performance

Fixes:

• Video page kept on reloading because of a change in the way YouTube switches between themes
• Livechat iframe did not switch between themes anymore because of a change in the way YouTube switches between themes
• It was impossible to re-enable the ambient light after 10 seconds if the video page was opened in a background tab with the ambient light disabled and WebGL renderer enabled.

Changes:

• Removed the setting "Hide when scrolled to top"

Release schedule:

• [ ] Chrome (MV3 - 2022-08-10 -> ?)
• [ ] Edge (MV3 - 2022-08-10 -> ?)
• [x] Firefox (MV2 - 2022-08-10)
• [x] Opera (MV2 - 2022-08-10)

2.36.28 New:

• Setting "View mode(s)": Small, Theater and/or Fullscreen

Fixes:

• Switching from theater to fullscreen did not always correctly check the "Enable in fullscreen" setting
• Prevent a crash in LibreWolf

Changes:

• Black bar detection maximum increased from 30% to 32%

Release schedule:

• [ ] Chrome (MV3 - 2022-05-28)
• [ ] Edge (MV3 - 2022-05-28)
• [x] Firefox (MV2 - 2022-05-28)
• [x] Opera (MV2 - 2022-05-28)

2.36.27 Fixes:

• The WebGL renderer stayed black when the 2D canvas was not hardware accelerated

Release schedule:

• [ ] Chrome (MV3 - 2022-05-25)
• [ ] Edge (MV3 - 2022-05-25)
• [x] Firefox (MV2 - 2022-05-23 -> 2022-05-26)
• [x] Opera (MV2 - 2022-05-23)

2.36.26 New:

• Firefox support
• Remove black sidebars (vertical bars)
• Performance troubleshooting guide
• Crash report data options

Changes:

• Save settings to the extension storage instead of the localstorage
• Some settings are now hidden until relevant when they depend on another setting
• Enable experimental WebGL renderer for 20% of the existing userbase

Fixes:

• The ambient light edge was incorrectly decreasing when black bars were removed
• Hide the ambient light when the video has ended
• Sometimes the YouTube video quality dropped when the user scrolled the video out of screen

Improvements:

• Improved the accuracy of the black bar detection algorithm
• Sometimes the ambient light had lost the video after a page navigation

Release schedule:

• [ ] Chrome (MV3 - 2022-05-25)
• [ ] Edge (MV3 - 2022-05-25)
• [ ] Firefox (MV2 - 2022-05-22)
• [x] Opera (MV2 - 2022-05-22)

2.36.25 Fixes:

• Don't display a warning when the WebGL2 renderer falls back to WebGL1

Release schedule:

• [ ] Chrome (MV3 - 2022-05-18)
• [ ] Edge (MV3 - 2022-05-18)
• [x] Opera (MV2 - 2022-05-14)

2.36.24 Changes:

• Always display a warning when something in the WebGL renderer fails

Fixes:

• Feedback link restored

Release schedule:

• [ ] Chrome (MV3 - 2022-05-14)
• [ ] Edge (MV3 - 2022-05-14)
• [x] Opera (MV2 - 2022-05-12)

2.36.23 Changes:

• Recreate WebGL1 or WebGL2 contexts when one of the two gets disabled while running the extension

Release schedule:

• [ ] Chrome (MV3 - 2022-05-14)
• [ ] Edge (MV3 - 2022-05-14)
• [x] Opera (MV2 - 2022-05-11)

2.36.22 Changes:

• Enable experimental WebGL renderer for all new users and 10% of the existing users
• The resolution will be lowered to 25% when the WebGL renderer is enabled on a slow device for the very first time
• Added the possibility to lower the WebGL resolution down to 6.25%
• Up to 20% improvement in cases where the WebGL renderer is enabled and the Edge setting is lower than 4%

Fixes:

• It was possible that an error occurs while enabling the WebGL renderer setting
• The rare situation where half the video poster is shown because autoplay is disabled and black bars are removed

Release schedule:

• [ ] Chrome (MV3 - 2022-05-14)
• [ ] Edge (MV3 - 2022-05-14)
• [x] Opera (MV2 - 2022-05-10)