dimdengd/oldtwitter

Extension to return old Twitter layout from 2015 / 2018.

OldTwitter (2024)

Browser extension to return old Twitter layout from 2015 (and option to use 2018 design).
This extension doesn't add any CSS on top of original Twitter. It's fully original client that replaces Twitter, making it much faster than alternatives.

Installation

Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave & Chromium browsers: Chrome Web Store
Firefox: Addons For Firefox

Donate

If you like this extension please consider donating:

• https://dimden.dev/donate
• https://patreon.com/dimdendev

Screenshots

Features

• Almost all of Twitter functionality is implemented
• Both reverse chronological and algorithmical timelines support. And exclusive: Reverse chronological timeline with friends likes and follows (basically mix of both chrono and algo timelines)
• Custom profile link colors supported
• You can change custom profile link color and it'll appear for other extension users (priority: oldtwitter color db -> twitter color db -> default color)
• Removes all analytics and tracking from Twitter
• Track your unfollowers for free
• Search, sort and filter your followers
• Removes all ads
• Easy download of videos and GIFs
• Translate tweets without having to open them, also ability to set specific users/languages to autotranslate
• Shows why tweets were added to algorthimical timeline
• Dark mode support
• Ability to enable/disable Twemoji, disable stars (favorites) back to likes (hearts), change font, default link color and any other color in extension
• Lot of hotkeys
• Mobile support with Kiwi Browser or Firefox
• Custom CSS support

Manual installation

For beta version:

• You need Github account, please register if you haven't first!
• Go to Actions page
• Click on latest "Pack Extension" workflow run (first from top)
• Download OldTwitterChrome if you're on Chromium based browsers and OldTwitterFirefox if you're on Firefox

For stable version:

• Go to Releases page
• Download OldTwitterChrome.zip if you're on Chromium based browsers and OldTwitterFirefox.zip if you're on Firefox

Chromium

• Unpack file anywhere
• Go to chrome://extensions
• Turn on Developer mode
• Press "Load unpacked" and select folder with extension
  

Firefox

• Go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
• Press "Load Temporary Add-on" and select zip file you downloaded

Installing this way on Firefox will remove it after closing browser. You need to use Firefox Developer Edition instead for permament installation (see below).

Firefox Developer Edition

• Go to about:config
• Set xpinstall.signatures.required to false
• Go to about:addons
• Press "Install Add-on From File" and select zip file you downloaded

This reportedly works with Firefox Extended Support Release and Nightly as well.

FAQ

Can you use this extension on Android?

Yes, you can use Kiwi Browser to install it from Chrome Web Store or Firefox Beta/Nightly to install it from Addons For Firefox (follow these steps for Firefox). Once installed you can press on "Add to Home screen" button in Kiwi Browser to have it as standalone app.

Is this extension safe?

The source code is available at GitHub so you can check everything yourself. It never sends any of your personal info anywhere.

[insert thing] doesn't look like it was in 2015 Twitter!

Extension won't be pixel perfect copy of old Twitter. I just took general look and feel of it.

I installed extension and my timeline feels kinda unusual

You had algorithmical timeline enabled. By default OldTwitter turns on reverse chronological timeline, you can switch it back to algorithmical timeline in settings or using the switch on the right side.

How do I visit original Twitter client after installing extension?

You need to add ?newtwitter=true to end of your current URL. There's also a "Open this page in new Twitter" button on all pages on bottom right.

Where are the extension settings?

Click on your profile picture on top-right and then Settings button.

I don't like 2015 design, can I have something more modern

There's a setting to use design from 2018.

Hotkeys

You can disable all hotkeys in settings.

General hotkeys.
F - focus search bar.
ALT+F - unfocus search bar (only when search bar is focused).
N - open new tweet modal.
ALT+N - close new tweet modal.
ESC - close any modal.
M - open/close user menu (use TAB to navigate).
CTRL+ENTER - send tweet (when typing reply/quote/new tweet).

Navigation hotkeys.
CTRL+ALT+O - switch between old and new Twitter.
G+H - Home
G+N - Notifications
G+M - Mentions
G+P - Profile
G+L - Likes
G+I - Lists
G+M - Messages
G+S - Settings
G+B - Bookmarks

Active tweet hotkeys. On bottom-right of tweet element there's blue dot showing tweet is active.
S - move to next tweet.
W - move to previous tweet.
L - (un)favorite/like tweet.
B - (un)bookmark tweet.
T - (un)retweet tweet.
R - open reply box.
Q - open quote box.
C - copy tweet image.
D - download first tweet media.
SPACE - open full image / pause or resume video.
ENTER - open tweet in new tab.

These hotkeys work only when reply/quote box is opened.
ALT+R - close reply box.
ALT+Q - close quote box.

These will work when reply/quote/new tweet modal is focused.
ALT+M - upload media.
ALT+F - remove first uploaded media.

Translations

Help to translate this extension to your language.

English - dimden
Russian - dimden
Ukrainian - dimden
French - Aurore C., zdimension, Pikatchoum, adriend
Portuguese (Brazil) - kigidere, guko, prophamoon
Spanish - rogerpb98, gaelcoral, hue, Beelzenef, elderreka
Greek - VasilisTheChu
Romanian - Skyrina, AlexSem
Tagalog - Eurasian, @conc1erge, @cheesee_its
Latvian - yourfriend
Hebrew - "ugh", qqqq, kriterin
Nepali - DimeDead
Dutch - Puka1611
Japanese - Chazuru, Nyankodasu, kamokakesu
Korean - Nyankodasu, han_eirin, Sch
Turkish - KayrabCebll, YordemEren
Italian - krek, Francesco
Arabic - Yours Truly,
Thai - 0.21%BloodAlcohol
Polish - lele, nomi
Vietnamese - btmxh
Traditional Chinese - Oliver Tzeng（曾嘉禾）, cirx1e
Simplified Chinese - am1006, CarimoWuling
Czech - Menal
German - basti564
Catalan - elmees21
Swedish - actuallyaridan
Bulgarian - Scarlett7447)
Norwegian - twistquest
Indonesian - lorizade, Feerse_, DaGamerFiles, KuchingNeko

oldtwitter's Issues

Can't like a reply to a tweet when it's an image

Whenever I try to like a reply to a tweet, and the reply has an image attatched, I can't click the like button. The only way for me to like the reply is to expand it, and then like it afterward.
This is annoying.

I should be able to like any replies to a tweet without having to expand them.

I use chrome, and usually have twitter zoomed in at 125%. I'm hoping to see this fixed soon bc it's really getting on my nerves.

Pinned tweet won't show

Describe the bug
Whenever I look at a user's page, it doesn't display the pinned tweet, and instead shows an error code

To Reproduce
Go on twitter, and open a user's page with a pinned tweet.

Expected behavior
No error code + shows the pinned tweet

Screenshots

Browser
Vivaldi 5.6.2867.58 (Stable channel) (64-bit)
(Chromium browser)

Code
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ’split’) at appendTweet (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/scripts/helpers.js:1119:435) at async renderTimeline (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/layouts/profile/script.js:930:57) at 1601275834454646786 (OldTwitter v1.6.6.0)

Tweet Notifications not working properly

Describe the bug
Whenever tweet notifications, noting happens, unless you click on the left side of the notification box, doing this brings up a blank popup

Screenshots

Browser
Opera GX LV4

Tweet body smaller / into sidebar

Would be great to be able to send tweet body into sidebar
thanks a lot for your work

Add-in GIF search compatibility and the ability to see unsend and programmed tweets

Oh, and also the file select button when making a tweet would be nice too!

overflow seems wrong

it's self-explanatory

Frequently need to refresh the page

This happens inconsistently but enough to be annoying. I e.g. click on a link to another tweet and the page hangs on the Twitter logo until I manually refresh.

Option to view high resolution images

It would be nice if you could change the viewer image resolution, or have it set to the original resolution by default. Other extensions, which are unfortunately incompatible, do it by appending parameters to the url:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/XXXXXXXXXXX?format=...&name=...
where format is either jpg or png
and name is one of thumb small medium 900x900 large 4096x4096 orig (note that orig doesn't work with png)

What does this mean?

TypeError: Error in invocation of i18n.detectLanguage(string text, function callback): No matching signature. at appendTweet (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/scripts/helpers.js:972:125) at renderTimeline (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/layouts/home/script.js:348:23) at updateTimeline (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/layouts/home/script.js:197:9) at 1596552861495701504 (OldTwitter v1.6.5.3)

ERROR

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ’split’) at appendTweet (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/scripts/helpers.js:1119:435) at async renderTimeline (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/layouts/home/script.js:337:17) at 1614387271310151680 (OldTwitter v1.6.6.0)

Notification Bubble won't disappear

Describe the bug
Notification Bubble won't disappear after checking notifications, only disappears while on the notifications page

Screenshots

Browser
Opera GX LVL4

Sometimes video doesn't load

Sometimes video just doesn't load (loads like 1-3 seconds) but switching quality or refreshing page fully makes it work. Currently fix is unknown.

japanese fix

JapaneseFix.zip
the japanese translation is now complete(flawless translation)

there is a mistake in korean so i will try to correct it when have time

Trends bug

Describe the bug
"Trends" are not translated when navigating to pages such as notifications
To Reproduce
Open Twitter and go to Notifications

Screenshots
https://imgur.com/a/7sFm8mx

Browser
FireFox 109.0.1

Video playback aborted due to a network error

I always get "Video playback aborted due to a network error" overlayed over every video but the video still plays if spacebar is pressed.

Browser: Firefox

korean and japanese translate

korean and japanese translation updates, i will update korean soon
translate.zip

An option to add the verification icon

I don't know if it would be a good idea and if it is possible, but could you add a setting to add the verified icon for others to see it?

Support for twitter circles?

Idk if this can be done but if it can that would be neat

Scrolling on a tweet is janky

Describe the bug
When scrolling on a tweet, it scrolls the whole tweet "frame" instead of scrolling to the comments.

To Reproduce
Click on a tweet with more than 6 or so replies, then scroll while your cursor is not over the tweet.

Expected behavior
While this is technically intended behaviour, its supposed to scroll the comments once the frame has reached the top of the screen.

Screenshots


(doesn't scroll any further)

Browser
Firefox, latest

video with outside link doesnt show up

Describe the bug
a video attached to a special link type that goes to another website doesnt show the video when using the extension, instead shows '0 votes'. dont really care for the link itself, but have it at least show the video

To Reproduce
visit https://twitter.com/BloodlineHOL/status/1569924573134733315

Expected behavior
visit https://mobile.twitter.com/BloodlineHOL/status/1569924573134733315

Screenshots

Browser
chromium 105

'Request requires matching CSRF cookie and header' errors after trying to switch accounts

This request requires a matching csrf cookie and header. at 1611887966606991360 (OldTwitter v1.6.5.7) when loading tweets, in the worst cases.

Usually, I will be able to load the timeline, but have the appearance that I'm logged in to another account, or have the wrong timeline and notifications, but interacting with tweets will end up showing a similar error.

On Chromium, Windows. Firefox seems to have very similar issues but remains hardly usable for me. Fresh install of Firefox Beta, used it for 10 minutes and it was fine, but after about 30 it became unusably slow. Maybe I should make another issue for that.

Timeout: Unspecified at 1598768346635603968 (OldTwitter v1.6.5.5) 7 Dec, 2022

Describe the bug
Was looking at a twitter profile (@ludwigahgren) and error message came up. i see no errors

Timeout: Unspecified at 1598768346635603968 (OldTwitter v1.6.5.5)

Browser
Microsoft Edge
Version 107.0.1418.62 (Official build) (64-bit)
(gross, i know)

expanding tweet on threads not working right

when viewing threads, clicking on a tweet to expand it seems to only work if you click on the inferior left corner

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ’split’) at appendTweet

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ’split’) at appendTweet (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/scripts/helpers.js:1119:435) at renderTimeline (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/layouts/profile/script.js:930:63) at updateTimeline (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/layouts/profile/script.js:322:5) at 1594826948026707968 (OldTwitter v1.6.6.0)

Extension randomly retweets tweets I scroll past or click on

When I scroll On Old Twitter and click on tweets, they periodically get retweeted to my account. This happens without me hitting the retweet button.

I am not notified that my account retweeted anything, and I only notice when I see users liking something I scrolled past that I didn't realize was being retweeted to my account.

This can especially be an issue if I scroll past / click on a problematic tweet that proceeds to get automatically retweeted. My followers will then be notified or notice that I retweeted that problematic tweet.

This issue is happening for me on the Arc browser, which is Chromium.

Homepage tweets not loading

Describe the bug
Tweets on the homepage don't load and a message stuck on saying "Loading tweets"

To Reproduce
Open https://twitter.com/home in FireFox

Screenshots

Expected behavior
Tweets should be loaded instead of a message saying loading tweets

Browser
Firefox latest

Elements from new Twitter sometimes appear

Elements from the new Twitter design sometimes appear on top (or under) the old Twitter design
Usually can be fixed by refreshing

Browser: Firefox

something went wrong

Describe the bug
Tweets on the homepage don't load and a message is stuck saying "Loading tweets"

To Reproduce
Open https://twitter.com/home in Chrome
Expected beh

avior

Screenshots
If applicable, could you add screenshots to help explain your problem?

Browser
Chrome latest

Auto dark mode but follow system settings

Currently there's an auto theme but only on a pre-scheduled time. Would like to see an option to follow system dark mode too

Retweet is not translated

Describe the bug
"Retweet" is not translated and displayed in english

To Reproduce
start TwitterOld in a language other than english (japanese etc....) and press the retweet button from the home screen etc

Screenshots

Browser
Microsoft Edge 108.0.1462.54 , Google Chrome 108.0.5359.125

"X liked" dialog not showing up on timeline, but the tweet is

Describe the bug
a user i am not following appears on the timeline. when switching to regular twitter view it shows that it was a post liked by someone i did follow.

To Reproduce
settings: reverse chronological with friend likes. find a tweet on TL from a user you do not follow and it will not say that the post was liked by someone you follow

Expected behavior
the tweet should say who liked the post, which caused it to show up on the timeline

Screenshots
https://i.imgur.com/ubwtmfb.png
https://i.imgur.com/WkHZuG8.png

Browser
chrome 108

Minor changes in Japanese translation and translation to Korean

Minor changes were made to Japanese and translated into Korean.
Please apply them.
Also, this is just a small request, so don't worry about it too much, but I'll send you a link to my translator change Github to Twitter

messages_japan.zip
messages_korea.zip

Video or GIF playback shows bugged colors when playing

I was browsing Twitter for a moment and then this showed up on main menu but not the tweet itself. Any ideas why this happened? I'm using AMD Ryzen 3 2200G.

Add toggle for switching between old/new UI

Spawned by my other question about lists, it would be nice to have a toggle for switching back and forth between the new UI and old UI for e.g. when Twitter adds some new feature that isn't supported yet - saves the user a trip to their extensions settings.

Lists feature?

Is it possible to view lists?

When enlarging an image, the image does not show

When enlarging an image, the image does not show
full screen view works tho

2022-07-19.18-33-03.mp4

Trying to load "Favorites" (or likes) menu causes a "Something went wrong" error

Describe the bug
Clicking the favorites button (with the number underneath) caused an error to occur.

To Reproduce
Go onto any (i presume) tweet and click the favorites button.

Expected behavior
A list to show up with the users who have liked my tweet.

Screenshots


and the text was
ReferenceError: mainTweetLikers is not defined at appendTweet (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/scripts/helpers.js:1258:26) at async TweetViewer.updateLikes (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/scripts/tweetviewer.js:244:25) (OldTwitter v1.6.5.2)

Browser
Opera GX LVL 4 (core: 92.0.4561.64)

however at the time of the error the version was: LVL 4 (core: 91.0.4516.106)

Hope this helps!

Japanese translation update

sorry for sending so many times im assuming you have't noticed yet i updated the japanese translation so could you please apply it? thank you
messages.zip

Site wont open if extension is removed

Describe the bug
Once u uninstall / remove the extension (Old twitter) from your browser to use the normal UI, the original site gets broken until you reinstall / re-enable the extension, softlocking myself into the old twitter theme.

To Reproduce
(using operaGX). install the extension trough chrome store, Use it normally and tweet something, uninstall the extension while leaving a window open using the extension, reload the site, now the original URL with the original site says :
"Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot."
(a button saying "try again" will appear, which once clicked will reload the site with no changes)
(after doing this, the site will be broken no matter what browser i use)
(Account used in phone will remain normal with no issue)

Expected behavior
Twitter site should open normally when the extension on my browser is uninstalled.

Screenshots

Browser
OperaGX, most updated version till this date (november 21 2022).

I dont know what this bug exactly did?

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ’split’) at appendTweet (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/scripts/helpers.js:1119:435) at async renderTimeline (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/layouts/home/script.js:259:13) at 1613933730648784896 (OldTwitter v1.6.6.0)

Can't see the full "trends"

Describe the bug
I can't scroll down to see the whole "trends"

To Reproduce
Scroll old twitter

Expected behavior
See the full "trends"

Screenshots
https://imgur.com/a/4sRUZBQ

Browser
Brave 1.47.171

uneven full image display

well, this seems strange, for sure

Playing a video in fullscreen crops the video

2022-07-20.01-03-10.mp4

Browser: Firefox

Old Twitter legacy

it requires chrome 88+
is there a legacy edition for older chrome versions ?

the profile colors aren't working

the profile matching colors appear for a second, then are replaced by the standard link color

translation update

add view counter translation, update korean translation
translation.zip

Wrong position for profile link in notifications

If first user has any emojis in nick second one will most likely have wrong position for link. If someone knows how to deal with unicode please let me know. Code in question: https://github.com/dimdenGD/OldTwitter/blob/master/layouts/notifications/script.js#L117

there should be a explore tab

there should be a explore tab, like the one we have currently, together with the home, notifications and dm tab in the navbar. similarly to pic 2

Cannot read properties

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ’split’) at appendTweet (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/scripts/helpers.js:1119:435) at async renderTimeline (chrome-extension://jgejdcdoeeabklepnkdbglgccjpdgpmf/layouts/profile/script.js:930:57) at 1583866749715644416 (OldTwitter v1.6.6.0)

twitter circles support

i can't tweet to my circle in oldtwitter