[Discontinued, use CustomTube instead. It's better anyway.]
An attempt to recreate the 2012 YouTube layout using CSS.
It is available as a userstyle.
Description from userstyles.world
A coding experiment, since I’m still pretty new to this stuff.
It started off as an attempt to recreate the 2013-2017 layout, but quickly evolved into an attempt to recreate the 2012 one, though there are still some remnants of the 2013 layout recreation in some places.
It’s incomplete, and I plan on updating it. A few things to note though:
- I don’t have first hand experience with the 2012 layout, so old YouTube screenshots and pages on the Wayback Machine were all I had to go off of when I made this style.
- Because the 2012 layout in its original form is fundamentally very different from 2017-Present YouTube, a 100% faithful recreation is (probably) impossible.
- It might not work with all zoom levels on all monitors.
- It is being developed for Firefox first and foremost, there might be minor issues in Chromium. Although I try to fix those whenever possible.
- Not compatible with YouTube Redux, 7ktTube, or any other major layout changing scripts.
- Dark mode compatibility isn’t 100%.
- When I’m not certain how something looked in 2012/it didn’t exist in 2012, I will either: Make it look like it did in 2013-2017, or try to make it look like it fits in with the rest of the design.
- TubeK12 is by no means stable (not yet anyway). Expect bugs.
Notes
IMPORTANT: Make sure to check the options whenever the style updates! I make most major changes enabled by default, but optional.
Version 1.4.0 - July 21, 2022
NOTE: Many of the changes in this update are very incomplete, and are disabled by default.
New - Options are rearranged to (hopefully) make more sense New - Option for three columns on the homepage New - Improved dark mode compatibility New - Channel pages are more accurate New - Video player is more accurate New - The script now affects the old watch page as well New - Improved force static layout (added in 1.3), but still isn’t recommended New - Added experimental options New - Icons on the non-watch page sub button New - Many more smaller details Fixed - YouTube apps topbar button was removed and was causing issues Fixed - Potential upcoming redesigns of the sidebar and searchbar are already fixed Fixed - YouTube Studio tabs Fixed - Comments are now visible on most resolutions Fixed - More probably Changed - Some of the code was cleaned up and rearranged, which might cause issues.
Version 1.3.2 - July 9, 2022
Fixed - If List view for channels was enabled, the channel’s social links would be way oversized
Version 1.3.1 - July 8, 2022
Fixed an issue
Version 1.3.0 - July 8, 2022
New - Non-Firefox users now have to enable an option to fix some minor issues New - Added words to header (such as Recommended for You), as well is icons on a case-by-case basis New - Added Channel Menu button on top of the sidebar New - Added old sidebar icons New - “Shorts” sidebar button is now hidden New - Added list view for channel page New - More accurate subs page New - Added “Upload” and “From YouTube” buttons on topbar New - Several improvements to comments section New - Several improvements to recommended videos on watch page New - Improved dark mode compatibility (but still not perfect) New - Added many experimental options New - Many, MANY more smaller details Fixed - Search icon is now grey, and only changes to black when hovered Fixed - Older versions used to cut off infinite scrolling of recommended videos on watch page. It didn’t work properly alot of the time. Fixed - Some text and icons would be white and therefore hard to see Fixed - Many, hopefully Removed - Title on top option. It was added prematurely, regardless of the fact that it stopped working. Changed - Some parts of the code were rearranged and refined, which might introduce bugs.
Version 1.2.1 - June 28, 2022
Changed - Due to an unknown change made by YouTube, Title on top no longer works (for me anyway). Now disabled by default and recommended against. I plan to add it back in a future update, as long as it’s still possible.
Version 1.2.0 - June 23, 2022
New - Title on top option added New - Old video player is now fully optional New - Old site background option added New - Added animations when switching pages New - Minor playlist page tweaks New - Many other minor details Fixed - Title is now visible in fullscreen again. This was an oversight. Bugfixes - Many, probably
Version 1.1.0 - June 16, 2022
New - 2012 logo and search icon are now used New - Attempts to recreate the old video player New - Subscribe button on watch page is now a rectangle New - More customization options, including a bandaid fix for Dark Mode incompatibility New - Many other smaller details Bugfixes - Many
Version 1.0.0 - June 11, 2022
Initial release.