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Hide Most Clicked Progress Bar Overlay #2638

Closed SuperTRev16 closed 1 week ago

SuperTRev16 commented 3 weeks ago

⚬ PROBLEM: There is the squiggly line backdrop on the progress bar, that is there to show people popular parts of the video. It's ugly and stupid, contributing to the goldfish attention span and group think.

Progress Bar

⚬ SOLUTION:
Create a feature that gives us the ability to hide this graphic. Or perhaps a toggle button, where it can be quickly enabled for rare times it would be actually useful. Maybe even the hiding of the little red dots they put on the progress bar itself. The "most relevant moments" markers.

⚬ RELEVANCE / SCOPE: YouTube playback.

SuperTRev16 commented 3 weeks ago

I forgot to add an alternative: This progress graphic relies on data about that video. A complete block of downloading that data to the computer would be ideal. Not just hiding the graphic. There is no point wasting internet resources if and when we don't use the graphic.

Also notice that the 'Improve YouTube' colored progress bar is shifted off of the standard progress bar, so there is two progress bars showing. Probably because of this "popular moments graphic".

zshubaily commented 3 weeks ago

⚬ Additional Enhancements:

⚬ Example User Flow:

  1. Access Settings: The user navigates to YouTube settings and selects "Playback Preferences."
  2. Adjust Preferences: The user toggles the option to hide overlays.
  3. Apply Changes: The progress bar updates in real time to reflect the new settings.
  4. Provide Feedback: User shares their experience through integrated feedback forms.
ImprovedTube commented 3 weeks ago

hi! and thanks @SuperTRev16

( also about this histogram: https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/1463 )

ImprovedTube commented 1 week ago

2667

ImprovedTube commented 1 week ago

hi! @zshubaily you might like specific threads, like https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/2251 ?

zshubaily commented 1 week ago

Thanks @ImprovedTube looks like there are some interesting issues for beginners like myself. I will sift through and hopefully can make valuable contributions.

SuperTRev16 commented 1 week ago

Ok, "heat map" is what that's called. Interesting.

zshubaily commented 1 week ago

Whats that?

SuperTRev16 commented 1 week ago

Whats that?

Ask your AI girlfriend.

zshubaily commented 1 week ago

Whats that?

Ask your AI girlfriend.

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