Streamus is a discontinued open-source
Chrome extension that acted as a music player for YouTube, allowing users to listen to YouTube videos as music without having YouTube open.
Features
Streamus features include the ability to search for YouTube videos and create playlists, keyboard shortcuts,
Beatport
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integration, and
Omnibox
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integration. Omnibox integration allows users to search using Streamus with the URL address bar, by typing "Streamus" and hitting tab.
Shutdown
On July 13, 2015, after four months of intense negotiation, Sean announced that due to difficulty meeting YouTube's API guidelines, the extension would be removed from the
Chrome Web Store
Chrome Web Store is Google's online store for its Chrome web browser. As of 2019, Chrome Web Store hosts about 190,000 extensions and web apps.
History
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the following day. The reason and the entire email conversation with the YouTube team was made public by the author through his extension app.
See also
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Web application
A web application (or web app) is application software that is accessed using a web browser. Web applications are delivered on the World Wide Web to users with an active network connection.
History
In earlier computing models like client-serve ...
References
Google Chrome extensions
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