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WatchHistory for YouTube v1.3.0

06 May 18:27

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✨ What’s New
New Database Engine (IndexedDB): We have migrated your video history from standard browser storage to a high-performance, native database.

No More Limits: You are no longer restricted to 5,000 items. Your archive can now grow as large as your device storage allows.

Faster Performance: Searching and browsing your history is now snappier and more responsive, even with massive archives.

Smart Backup Reminders: Never lose your data again. We’ve introduced a proactive backup reminder that encourages you to save your data, ensuring your hard-earned watch history stays safe regardless of browser updates or cache clears.

Self-Healing Migration: Upgrading is seamless. Upon launching this version, your extension will automatically and safely migrate your existing history to the new database. No action is required on your part!

WatchHistory for YouTube v1.2.5

03 May 22:27

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🚀 New Features
Continue Watching: Added a new shelf to your Subscriptions page so you can jump back into videos exactly where you left off.

First-Run Experience: New users are now automatically guided to the settings page upon installation to help them get configured quickly.

⚡ Performance & Stability
Increased Capacity: History limit has been boosted to 5,000 videos.

Smoother Search: Implemented debouncing on the search bar for a snappier, lag-free experience.

Safer Data Pruning: Added a confirmation prompt when lowering your history limit to prevent accidental data loss.

Theme Matching: Dashboards and popups now automatically match YouTube's Light/Dark theme.

WatchHistory for YouTube v1.2.4

22 Apr 19:27

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Issues with build scripts means firefox manifest is bugged manually replace with https://github.com/GeorgeElliott/yt-watch-history/blob/main/src/manifest.firefox.json

Release v1.2.4: The "Ghost Mode" Update 👻
This update focuses on giving you even more control over your privacy. Sometimes you want to watch YouTube without leaving a local trace—now you can.

✨ New Features
Ghost Mode (Incognito for YouTube): * Added a toggle to the popup to pause all history tracking.

How it works: When active, no watch progress, timestamps, or "Watched" tags will be recorded to your local database.

Session-Based: For your convenience, Ghost Mode automatically resets when you restart your browser, ensuring you don't accidentally stop tracking your long-term progress forever.

Visual Status Indicators: * A red "OFF" badge now appears on the extension icon when Ghost Mode is active, providing a clear visual reminder at a glance.

Streamlined Popup UI: * Redesigned the utility row to be more compact.

Combined tracking stats and Ghost Mode into a single, space-saving row to prioritize your video history list.

Added helpful tooltips for feature explanations.

🛠️ Improvements & Fixes
Optimized Performance: Reduced the vertical footprint of the popup to show more history items at once.

Alignment Fixes: Improved the vertical alignment of the dashboard header and utility icons.

Logic Update: Refined the "Watched" threshold logic to ensure Ghost Mode overrides all background saving processes.

WatchHistory for YouTube v1.2.3

13 Apr 20:07

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First GitHub release - Release notes are everything in the README.md

This will be going as a store release soon.