Bring annotation support back to YouTube™!

Latest Version

Version
1.2.1
Update
June 26, 2023
Size
352KiB
Developer
isaackei.com
Category
Users
30,000+
Rating
4.32174 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
Deutsch
English
Français
Tiếng Việt
Español
Italiano
Polski
Português (Brasil)
русский
中文 (简体)
中文 (繁體)
日本語
한국어
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Permissions
Storage
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Annotations Restored for YouTube™ Extension

On January 15 2019, YouTube decided to discontinue annotations. While the feature was frequently abused, it did have many legitimate use cases, such as games, corrections, and a form of commentary that could be toggled on and off. The removal left many older videos obsolete. Annotations Restored fixes this by searching for any archived annotation files and displaying them if found.

Join the Discord!: https://discord.gg/v7xMm2r8wH

LATEST CHANGES (1.2.1)
- Added Discord link to popup
- Support for Portuguese by Gersonzao
- Support for Polish by Kamil K

USAGE
The extension will automatically look for a copy of a video's annotations online and display them if found. Annotation files (.xml) that you have saved locally can also be loaded into the current video using the popup.

PERMISSIONS
Access your data for www.youtube.com
- Required to load the annotations into the video player

Screenshot video sources:

chuggaaconroy - Mario Menu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uwd5w1AwYU

DaeOh - Annotation Tetris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIIV6a2Pdh4

Feel free to email me with any translation fixes or create a pull request on GitHub :)
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Source Manifest.json

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User reviews

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Jakub Zieliński (ID: 000000b2fe79b8d0) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/10/2023 It's been excellent since I got it, but it appears to have stopped working now...

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TrailingSpace (ID: 0000005004634bdb) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/27/2023 Works great ! Super nostalgic, thanks for making this !!!

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Ship Trash (ID: 00000005fe6e4f17) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/17/2023 Now I can relive the joy of old Youtube!

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Billybob Joe (ID: 0000006d99eb3873) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/30/2023 i love you

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bloodmage (ID: 0000003f641ed829) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/07/2023 fire extension thank you, i also appreciate the timestamps of them