YouTube Fast Forward & Rewind by Laskco

Fast Forward and Rewind YouTube videos by a customizable amount of seconds!

5 (17 reviews)

336 Users

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About this extension

Enhance your YouTube playback with YouTube Fast Forward & Rewind. This add-on lets you add custom skip buttons and configure keyboard shortcuts for precise seeking control.

Key Features

Custom Skip Buttons: Add fast-forward and rewind buttons directly to the player controls with your preferred skip times.
Custom Keyboard Seeking: Set custom skip durations for the left and right arrow keys, overriding YouTube's default.
On-Screen Skip Indicator: When you use your keyboard's arrow keys (← / →) to skip, a sleek new indicator now appears on the video. It shows you exactly how many seconds you're skipping and has smooth animations to give you clear feedback.
Usage Statistics: Curious about how much time you've saved? A new "Statistics" panel in the Advanced Settings tracks your total skips. This data is 100% private, stored only on your computer, and is never collected or viewed by me. You can reset your stats at any time.
Action Delay Control: Fine-tune player responsiveness with an experimental setting to add a small delay (in ms) after a skip command. This is perfect for preventing buffering on some systems.
Integrated Controls: The buttons are designed to fit seamlessly into the YouTube player's native interface.
Auto-Save: All your custom settings are saved automatically.

Control your YouTube navigation exactly the way you want.

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Rated 5 by 17 reviewers

Release notes for 4.2.7

Version [4.2.7] – [August 19th, 2025]

Version 4.2.7 brings a huge number of bug fixes, performance improvements, and a few new features to make the extension more stable and enjoyable to use.

New Features

Progress Bar Update Delay: This new setting in the "Advanced Settings" view allows you to control the delay before the progress bar is updated after a skip. This is useful for fine-tuning performance.
Navigation Init Delay: Found in the same advanced section, this option lets you adjust how long the extension waits after a page loads before activating. This can help resolve issues on slower connections.
Statistics will now sync across your devices using Firefox Sync.
Added clearer descriptions for advanced settings to better explain what they do.
The popup menu now has smoother fade and slide animations.
Updated the warning text in the advanced settings panel.
Added a fun little easter egg for you to find!

Performance Improvements

Improved animation smoothness in the popup.
Reduced how often the extension checks for updates to the video progress bar to prevent spam.
Made the extension more efficient by reducing unnecessary lookups and cleaning up listeners when you navigate away from a page.
Settings are now saved more intelligently to reduce storage writes.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a visual glitch with button colors in the light theme.
Fixed keyboard shortcuts to more reliably override YouTube's defaults.
Fixed an issue where the skip indicator overlay could block YouTube's menus or captions.
Fixed a bug that required users to re-toggle keyboard shortcuts to get them working.
Resolved an issue where duplicate skip buttons could appear.
The skip indicator no longer gets stuck on screen after navigating to a new video.
Fixed an accessibility issue where screen readers would announce hidden tooltips.
Sections in the popup menu now correctly close when switching panels or clicking outside.

YouTube Fast Forward & Rewind by Laskco

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