1571258 - Remember Youtube video position across a browser restart

Status: NEW

(Core :: Audio/Video, enhancement)

Description

[Botond Ballo [:botond]]

Over time browser restarts have become less disruptive, with things like scroll position and form data being preserved across a restart.

One important piece of state that's not preserved across a restart, is the current position in a playing or paused video such as Youtube. It would be really nice if this could be preserved as well.

I realized there's probably a variety of ways in which this could work at a technical level, ranging from Firefox recognizing and special-casing certain video sites such as Youtube, to Firefox providing a general state-preservation mechanism that sites like Youtube opt into. But from the user's point of view, I think this should "just work".

Comment 1

[Botond Ballo [:botond]]

Just wanted to mention that I've found an addon, Video Resumer, which supplies this functionality.