Re:Show HN: I built a cleaner YouTube – no ads, sponsors, or...
by Leftium on Friday June 13, 2025 @06:51AM
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A feature I would love to see in a YouTube player: better transcript view
- Single click to open transcript
- Transcript not crammed into tiny window in corner
- Often I use the transcript as a navigation tool when (re)viewing a long video. Especially when I want to share a specific part of a video.
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And I found a bug in SkipCut when clicking a FAQ:
- If the video was started (then paused) opening a FAQ starts the video (audio).
- Possibly related? often the browser jumps down the page, so the FAQ I clicked is not visible unless I scroll back up. (Or maybe it is scrolling the FAQ to near the top of the viewport? It's disorienting. If intentional, a smooth scroll animation may help.)
- Single click to open transcript
- Transcript not crammed into tiny window in corner
- Often I use the transcript as a navigation tool when (re)viewing a long video. Especially when I want to share a specific part of a video.
---
And I found a bug in SkipCut when clicking a FAQ:
- If the video was started (then paused) opening a FAQ starts the video (audio).
- Possibly related? often the browser jumps down the page, so the FAQ I clicked is not visible unless I scroll back up. (Or maybe it is scrolling the FAQ to near the top of the viewport? It's disorienting. If intentional, a smooth scroll animation may help.)