Greasy Fork

## 📜 Changelog

**v3.3.3** *(2025-08-09)*

* 🛡️ **Improved ad detection logic** — now checks both `ad-showing` state **and** countdown visibility to reduce false positives
* 🌀 **Watchdog playback normalizer** — automatically restores normal speed and volume after \~2s of clean playback
* ⏭️ **Fast-Forward Unskippable Ads** now **OFF by default** to prevent accidental fast playback
* 🎛️ Added **“Normalize Now”** button in panel for instant manual speed/volume reset
* 🧹 More reliable skip-button click coverage across new YouTube layouts

**v3.3.2**

* ⚡ **Pre-roll skip sniper** — instantly clicks the very first skip button that appears on new videos
* ⏱️ Reduced reaction time for skip-button detection

**v3.3.1**

* 🔊 Audio & playback speed now restored **more reliably** after ads
* 🧹 Wider skip-button selector coverage + post-ad cleanup pass

**v3.3.0**

* 🧩 **SponsorBlock integration** — optional skipping of sponsor/self-promo/interaction segments via public API
* ⚡ Aggressive ad skip improvements
* 🎯 Overlay ad cleanup + optional **Fast-Forward Unskippable Ads** (configurable speed)

**v3.2.x**

* 🎨 Added auto-hide gear icon in fullscreen (optional)
* ⏳ Gear auto-hide delay selector (0, 3, 5, 10 seconds)
* 🛠️ UI improvements — draggable gear & theme toggle (dark/light)
* 💾 Settings import/export/reset tools in panel

**v3.1.x**

* 🚀 Stable baseline release — hide clutter, mute autoplay, skip ads, theater mode, widen layout, expand description, auto-HD, panel UI, and persistent settings storage

## 📜 Changelog

### v3.1.1 (Enhanced Version) – August 2, 2025

* ➕ **Added**: Option to **auto-hide the gear icon in fullscreen mode**
* ⏱️ **Added**: **Gear auto-hide delay** setting (0, 3, 5, 10 seconds)
* 🛠️ **Improved**: Gear icon and settings panel are now fully **draggable again** (fixed regression)
* ⚙️ **Enhanced**: Gear visibility logic — now properly respects dragging and panel open state
* 🧼 **Cleaned**: Code optimized to retain all original v3.1 functionality without breakage
* 💾 **Preserved**: All user settings saved locally (including new options)

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### v3.1 – Original Stable Release

* ✅ Initial release with:

* UI cleanup options (hide sidebar, Shorts, ads, endscreen, etc.)
* Autoplay muting + ad skipping/muting
* Theater mode toggle and HD playback
* Theme toggle and import/export/reset tools
* Floating gear icon with settings panel