Smart Bookmarks for YouTube: Productivity Up chrome extension

What is Smart Bookmarks for YouTube: Productivity Up?

Smart Bookmarks for YouTube: Productivity Up is a bookmarks extension for chrome. also, it is youtube ads extension and bookmarks manager extension. it's a free extension , it has 3,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.34 from 38 rated user, last update is 1127 days ago.

What’s new in version 0.1.2.0?

                This extension was written due to lack of a bookmarking system on YouTube and inspired by Pluralsight. I love the ability of Pluralsight to add to any place on a video my own thoughts, ideas and notes that have to be reviewed later or even exported and reviewed later on any other device in Evernote. So I've made something similar in a "Chrome Extension" form-factor!

You can add multi-line comments to any place on a video and they will be visible only to you (until you want to share them!). The focus of this extension is shifted towards usability. Hotkeys are supported — they work inside the pop-up window and directly on YouTube's page.

Depending on the interest in the extension a lot of features may be added later. Also, feedback is highly appreciated. So don't hesitate and support development!

You will be able to:
1. Add a bookmark to any video.
2. Control any video with hotkeys (play\pause\rewind).
3. Quickly navigate to any bookmark without reloading a video.
4. Manage any previously added bookmarks (edit/delete).
5. See a list of all videos with bookmarks (and manage it).
6. Export bookmarks to a clipboard (for sharing with others).
7. Import bookmarks from a clipboard (from a friend or just from 'backup').

Use cases (ideas):
1. Education and learning: Invest in yourself by learning from YouTube videos.
2. Entertainment: You can bookmark the funniest moments in any video and share them with your friend.
3. Cooking: Mark different stages of a cooking video in order to quickly find the most important parts for you. Then export the recipe!
4. Programming: Save places that contains code or something that requires additional attention or reviewing.
5. Create a table of contents (TOC) for a video—and share it with others via a comment on the video's page. Save time for someone and someone will save it for you.

Please support the extension development and help it grow!

## How does it work?
### Adding a bookmark
Just navigate to any YouTube video and click on the extension icon. The pop-up will be opened. In order to add a bookmark just press the '+' (add) button. The bookmark will be added immediately to the video but without text. In order to add a text description for the bookmark, click the 'edit' button. You'll be redirected to an editor. Add any text; press 'save'. Done!


### Navigating to a bookmark
In order to navigate to a bookmark (to go to a saved point in a video) just click on a bookmark. Try it.

### Exporting bookmarks for a video
The bookmarks can be exported only to a particular video (not all bookmarks for all videos). In order to export it, navigate to a video on YouTube, open the extension and then click on the 'More' button (three dots in the right top corner) and then 'Export'. It will export your bookmarks in a YAML format.

Another way is to export them in a 'simple' format—use the 'Export (simple)' button.

### Importing bookmarks for a video
! Important: when you import your bookmarks, the old ones will be removed. In order to import a previously exported bookmark, navigate to a video to which you want to import bookmarks, open the extension and then click on the 'More' button (three dots in the right top corner) and then click 'Import'. Paste the exported bookmarks into the opened window and press 'Import'.

## Hotkeys (works inside a pop-up)
The extension also supports hotkeys. They are:

Video navigation:
`Space` - play/pause
`Comma` - backward 5 seconds
`Period` - forward 5 seconds

Bookmarking:
`a` - add immediate bookmark
`shift+i` - add bookmark with a text
`i` - add text for an immediate bookmark

Editing a bookmark's text:
`enter` - save changes
`shift+enter` - add a new line
`ctrl+b` - cancel editing

Change-log:
- 0.1.2.0 (October 19, 2021) - improve add button behavior, fix youtube author and title
- 0.1.1.1 (August 29, 2021) - fix broken progress-bar annotation on youtube
- 0.1.1.0 (March 13, 2021) - add experimental progress-bar annotations on coursera.org, etc
  - NEW: Experimental progress-bar annotations on coursera.org (position-fixer isn't working yet)
  - NEW: Notifications on mouse hover on progress bar are now displayed on top of visual markers. Previously they were showing in the top right corner of the page
  - NEW: "Copy bookmark with range" feature exports a time range to the clipboard
    - example: "00:21-00:24 incredible trick"
    - available in the bookmark-list (the popup) by:
      - long mouse click on "copy" button on any bookmark
      - Ctrl+Shift+C in the default hotkey mode (configurable)
      - YY (shift+y twice) in the vim hotkey mode
  - FIX: YouTube mouse over bookmarks on the progress-bar not showing a bookmark's note
  - FIX: Invalid position of bookmark markers on progress-bar while toggling the full-screen in a video
0.1.0.2 (January 27, 2021) - disable google payments verification
0.1.0.1 (August 31, 2020) - fix simple import broken in some cases
0.1.0.0 (August 3, 2020) - add list navigation hotkeys to the popup, fixes, bump the minor version
  - NEW: Add an experimental vim-like hotkey mode to the popup window (see options > popup options > hotkey mode)
  - NEW: Add the ability to use keyboard shortcuts in the bookmark-list
       - selecting bookmarks
          - select the first bookmark in the list
          - select the last bookmark in the list
          - select next bookmark in the list
          - select previous bookmark in the list
      - editing the selected bookmark
      - coping the selected bookmark
      - deleting the selected bookmark
      - navigating to the selected bookmark
  - NEW: Add the ability to use keyboard shortcuts in the video-list for
      - selecting videos
          - select the first video in the list
          - select the last video in the list
          - select next video in the list
          - select previous video in the list
      - deleting the selected video
      - navigating to the selected video
  - NEW: bookmarks and videos are also selectable using a keyboard during the search in the popup
  - NEW: highlight an active bookmark on opening the extension
  - NEW: highlight an active video on opening the video list
  - NEW: option to configure the escape button behavior for the popup
  - FIX: incorrect behavior of the free trier - limits are working correctly now
  - FIX: escape now cancels editing bookmark instead of closing the extension
  - Notice 1: for the full list of available commands for the default hotkey mode see options > popup options > hotkeys
  - Notice 2: the popup code is almost completely rewritten - a lot of bugs may be introduced
  - Notice 3: the popup can be opened by the shortcut too in Chrome: Manage Extensions > Burger Menu > Keyboard shortcuts
0.0.14.1 (May 25, 2020) - fix purchases not detected due to minimization
0.0.14.0 (May 7, 2020) - ability to copy bookmark via a button, reset hotkeys to default; possibly performance improvements
0.0.13.2 (April 24, 2020) - add coursera support, fix supported video detection
0.0.13.0 (November 18, 2019) - add new feature: "add bookmark and fix position", bug-fixes
0.0.12.0 (June 9, 2019) - add options for "+" button, add hotkeys configuration for the popup, small enhancements
0.0.11.0 (June 1, 2019) - add progress bar annotation for youtube.com, target chrome 65
0.0.10.0 (May 27, 2019) - add page-scope hotkeys, preferences and notifications
0.0.9.0  (May 23, 2019) - add support for EDX, embed player
0.0.8.0  (April 24, 2019) - add support for global hotkeys (configurable via the extensions -> 'keyboard shortcuts' in chrome)
0.0.7.0  (April 5, 2019) - (1) add support for HTML5 players on khanacademy.org and skillshare.com (2) disable 'add' button on non-supported pages.
0.0.6.0  (March 7, 2019) - add support for bookmarking on vimcasts.org
0.0.5.0  (March 1, 2019) - add the ability to search inside bookmarks and videos (press CTRL+F to trigger the search-bar)            

How to install Smart Bookmarks for YouTube: Productivity Up?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of Smart Bookmarks for YouTube: Productivity Up

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Reviews of smart bookmarks for youtube: productivity up:

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The Legend Shadow July 11th, 2022

hey developer ty so much for this extension, this is the best one I've found so far but the hotkeys don't seem to work so can you please fix it the extension has so much potential and it helps me a lot ty

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1kozmick1 June 22nd, 2022

Good program. Very comprehensive. I would like to refer it to many of my friends in the broadcast production community....but... However, when I attempt to use pop up keys like 'a' I get no response. None of the pop up shortcut keys work. I am able to invoke a bookmark with all the page hotkeys like "ctrl+b" for an empty bookmark but not able to invoke a hotkey to add text etc. I have attempted to edit the pop up hotkeys, but still does not work. Have reset to default. My system: WIN 11 Home Chrome is up to date Version 103.0.5060.53 (Official Build) (64-bit) Getting the same problem and error message on WIN 7 same version of Chrome and previous ver. 102.x. When I invoke the link for the video on Youtube using/in the extension, a brief error message from chrome flashes for 2 seconds. I am unable to read or copy/paste it. Please advise. Thank you very much. PS I have sent a private email to your admin account for your website.

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ReVarre May 14th, 2022

Awesome addon guys! I am however missing a feature, could you fix so that the "add bookmark" works with chromecast as well? It should be possible since the timestamp is available even though the video is streaming on the chromecast.

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