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Version History

This document is maintained in English as a technical reference.

1.0.44 — Dec 19, 2025

  • Improved the initial screen, especially for users without an account, to provide a more visual and intuitive entry into demo mode.
  • The top dropdown (notes list) now opens automatically when the first note on a video is saved

1.0.43 — Dec 15, 2025

  • We show this page (Version History) when the extension is automatically updated from the Chrome Web Store in the user’s browser.

1.0.42 — Dec 11, 2025

  • FIXED: The tutorial is now shown only on fresh installations; it no longer appears when updating the extension.

1.0.41 — Dec 10, 2025

  • Added a brief description of the functionality directly in the extension title for the Chrome Web Store.

1.0.40 — Dec 1, 2025

  • After installation, a tab with our tutorial video is opened and onboarding starts immediately (we no longer wait for the user to watch a video longer than one minute to trigger it).

1.0.39 — Nov 22, 2025

  • FIXED: Some visual elements were being hidden when the video switched to fullscreen mode.

1.0.38 — Nov 20, 2025

  • Improved visual appearance of controls in fullscreen mode.

1.0.37 — Nov 6, 2025

  • Configured to open a portal page (“sorry to see you go”) when the extension is uninstalled.

1.0.36 — Oct 27, 2025

  • Removed the "tabs" permission from the extension and replaced it with "hosts". The extension now works correctly by explicitly specifying permissions for youtube.com and manageyt.com, avoiding the need to access all of the user's browser tabs.
  • The onboarding now closes correctly if the user leaves the video. Previously, it would remain stuck.

1.0.35 — Oct 23, 2025

  • Advertising has been updated so that only logged-in users without a paid plan receive ads.
  • The banner has been adapted to support different types of server-delivered advertising: Google, affiliate, in-house, etc.

1.0.34 — Oct 19, 2025

  • Improvements to transitions, text, and the positioning of onboarding explanatory elements.
  • A 10-second limit has been added between the test annotation entered by the user and the end of the video, ensuring the transition between two notes is displayed correctly during playback.
  • The advertising banner has been improved to prevent new ads from loading when the user opens or closes the panel, switches tabs, or returns to it. The configured display time for each ad is now respected.

1.0.33 — Sep 29, 2025

  • We launched a complete interactive tutorial (onboarding), guided step by step inside the YouTube player. Works with videos that are at least 1 minute long.

1.0.32 — Jul 16, 2025

  • Minor adjustments to accommodate small HTML changes on YouTube’s video page.

1.0.31 — Jun 8, 2025

  • A limit on the number of annotations per video has been added based on the user’s plan.

1.0.30 — Jun 1, 2025

  • The system now checks the status of tags on the server before propagating a video’s colors to other tabs.
  • Allows at least one annotation to be saved on a video even after the annotation limit has been reached, provided it is still within the video limit defined by the user’s plan.
  • The logo color has been updated.

1.0.29 — May 31, 2025

  • Hindi has been added to the translation system.
  • Text revisions (descriptions in each language) on the extension’s public listing.

1.0.28 — May 18, 2025

  • The notes editor has been updated to use a textarea instead of a div, ensuring that user input is displayed exactly as typed, with improved handling of special characters, line breaks, and similar cases.
  • Button hover behavior has been improved so the buttons do not disappear after 3 seconds while the user is interacting with them; the timeout is reset during interaction.
  • The extension button image has been changed to SVG for better rendering across different resolutions.
  • Minor fixes: buttons are now correctly enabled or disabled based on the notes’ state.

1.0.27 — May 4, 2025

  • The video duration is now also sent when tagging a video, improving the information available in the portal.

1.0.26 — Apr 26, 2025

  • Unnecessary permissions required by the extension have been removed.

1.0.25 — Mar 27, 2025

  • The filtering system has been improved so that the search state is preserved across page reloads, sessions, and similar scenarios.

1.0.24 — Mar 20, 2025

  • The login flow has been adjusted by adding a limit on login attempts before forcing the user to sign in through the portal, where ReCaptcha is used.

1.0.23 — Mar 18, 2025

  • Determines whether the user is logged in at application startup to better tailor the available functionality.

1.0.22 — Mar 11, 2025

  • More precise handling of the user’s video list.

1.0.21 — Mar 10, 2025

  • Color buttons have been fixed to account for small HTML differences on YouTube’s page depending on whether the user is logged into their YouTube account (not manageYT !)

1.0.20 — Mar 8, 2025

  • Notes created in the extension are now reflected in the portal without requiring a page reload.
  • Color changes are now automatically synchronized between the extension and the web app.

1.0.19 — Mar 7, 2025

  • Tab synchronization: note and color changes are now propagated in real time to all other open YouTube windows (extension to extension).

1.0.18 — Mar 6, 2025

  • Updates to modified notes and color button states are now synchronized with the portal (extension–portal messaging).

1.0.17 — Mar 2, 2025

  • When saving a note, a thumbnail from the exact second of the video is also sent, to be used in the video’s annotation list in the portal.

1.0.16 — Mar 2, 2025

  • Changes made in other tabs are now synchronized on the search results page.
  • The use of observers has been optimized based on the YouTube page and whether the user is logged in or not.
  • A link to the user’s videos page (portal) has been added.

1.0.15 — Feb 16, 2025

  • Improved workflow so that colors and visual markers work more reliably and consistently across YouTube (videos, search results, and previews).
  • Color and note changes are now correctly synchronized across all open tabs.
  • Behavior when switching between different YouTube views has been improved, preventing errors and unexpected behavior.
  • Delegated events on the video page have been refactored to allow them to be disabled when navigating to other pages.

1.0.14 — Feb 15, 2025

  • Color buttons now work directly on the video player.
  • Changes are now reflected in other tabs playing the same video.

1.0.13 — Feb 13, 2025

  • Thumbnails now correctly indicate when a video has notes.
  • Fixed cases where some thumbnails were not updating their state correctly.

1.0.12 — Feb 12, 2025

  • The user’s video list is now marked with the tags assigned by the user.
  • Tabs are now updated when a color marker changes or when a video gains or loses comments.

1.0.11 — Feb 10, 2025

  • First version of color buttons for tagging videos. Introduction of the color-based visual marking system for each video, using colored frames.

1.0.10 — Feb 8, 2025

  • The session now closes automatically when the user logs out from the portal.
  • Messaging with the portal allows it to detect whether the extension is installed and notify the user in the user area.

1.0.9 — Jan 30, 2025

  • A flag is now sent to the server in logs to clearly indicate that the request originates from the extension.

1.0.8 — Jan 23, 2025

  • Improvements to the advertising banner so ads are displayed based on the app’s state.

1.0.7 — Jan 17, 2025

  • Final adjustments and reviews before submitting the extension for publication on the Chrome Web Store from hidden status.

1.0.6 — Jan 15, 2025

  • Improved handling of YouTube API data when displaying video duration, publication date, and view count.
  • Improvements to automatically hide any panel (except while the user is editing) when YouTube ads appear, and to show a notice if the user clicks the button.

1.0.5 — Jan 14, 2025

  • A panel listing the user’s videos (marked or with notes) has been created.

1.0.4 — Jan 14, 2025

  • User plan changes are now automatically applied in the extension.

1.0.3 — Jan 12, 2025

  • The advertising banner has been improved so it remains always visible and correctly pinned to the bottom of the app in all cases (dragging, moving, etc.).

1.0.2 — Jan 9, 2025

  • The advertising banner is now delivered from the server, including image and link.
  • Ad refreshing is now paused when the panel is hidden (minimized, tab switched, etc.) to prevent erratic behavior when it becomes visible again.

1.0.1 — Jan 9, 2025

  • Ajustes necesarios porque el idioma portugués (pt-BR) no aparecía correctamente ni en la tienda ni en la extensión.

1.0 — Jan 8, 2025

  • First public release of manageYT !.
  • Create notes at specific moments in a video.
  • Notes panel with a list of saved timestamps.
  • Edit, navigate, and delete notes.
  • Integration with the portal to save and retrieve notes.
  • Print notes including video information.
  • Demo mode to try the extension without server connection.
  • Multilingual support.
  • Settings panel.
  • YouTube ad detection to prevent interference.
  • Basic visual state associated with videos and timestamps.