Youtube Pause

A Chrome extension that pauses all those lost youtube tabs when you open a new one (or resume one).

Still in development. Want this handy tool now?

Download a copy
Go to chrome://extensions
Ensure developer mode is ticked
"Load unpacked extension..."
Select the folder of this download

Notes for my benefit

TODO

Investigate event pages instead of background page? Will need to store registered tab ids though. And I doubt this extension is likely to be run on very low memory devices.
If a video is playing and a new one is loaded, pause the new one and continue playing one. Then pause playing one if the new one is unpaused.
Add browser action popup
- Have an option to swap which video is paused when a new one is started (playing one or new one)
- List the open videos
- Indicate which is the currently playing video
- Have a play button beside each to pause current and play selected
- Link from list to focus/activate tab
- Show options, or a link to a settings page
Add queue functionality
Right click youtube video links to "add to queue", or "play next"
Right click youtube video links to "open paused"
In popup, allow rearranging of videos and playing all like a playlist

Test cases

Page transitions:

video to video
video to non-video youtube page
non-video youtube page to video
video to non-youtube page
non-youtube page to video
youtube playlist auto-play
refresh video page
refresh non-video youtube page
buffering video

Tabs/Windows:

multiple tabs
multiple windows
minimised window