#Need help with chrome extension UI

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stuck geyser
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I am making a chrome extension that uses AI to block videos of topics that the user decides they want to stop watching

this is what they see when a video is blocked

can you guys give me feedback on how to make the UI look better? I am aiming for a simple minimalist look similar to what I see in the notion landing page https://www.notion.com/

I am pretty inexperienced UI/UX design, feel free to tell me all the nitpicks you have with the design and stuff you would like me to change; this screen is going to be seen a lot and I wanna make sure I get it right

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lean locust
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Ngl, I wouldn't like to be hit in the face by this page.

I'd much prefer staying on YouTube and having the chrome extension inject popups saying "We blocked this for yah" whenever I click on a thumbnail or it auto-plays and then intercept and block the action, and the pop-up would be positioned relative to, like top right of the video card that I clicked on or perhaps under the top right auto-play toggle on the video player - if that makes sense.

So, I think the idea of that page itself is flawed.

stuck geyser
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hmm, the way my extension works is 2 ways:

first way, either based on title/ channel name the video is auto blocked from reccomendation, and if that happens it is just fully hidden

second way, if it isnt detected on the first pass and the user clicks on it it will take about 5 seconds for the AI to look at the transcript and classify it and then based on that it will show this if it is blocked

though, maybe I could make it so it only covers the video player and not the whole screen, so they can still click on other reccomended videos? would that be better?

lean locust
# stuck geyser hmm, the way my extension works is 2 ways: first way, either based on title/ ch...

I mean... you could take the URL, and use the YouTube API to get the transcript and whatnot.

Or perhaps, instead of "covering the video player and not the whole screen", you could try minimizing the video like when you press "i" key.

BTW, "cover video player" - there's nothing wrong with showing the first frame of video (make sure it pauses), just add a pop-up on the side somewhere, letting them know this is a bad video (if you can't programatically minimise).