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URL: https://www.youtube.com/

Browser / Version: Firefox 59.0
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.12
Tested Another Browser: Yes

Problem type: Something else
Description: YouTube shows lower quality thumbnail images on Firefox vs. Safari (retina?)
Steps to Reproduce:
Reopening #13663

Triager may need to use a retina mac or have the Firefox window on a high DPI display.

Open YouTube home page in private mode.

The thumbnail for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LymuZ8abvmc is:

Firefox:

<a id="thumbnail"
    class="yt-simple-endpoint inline-block style-scope ytd-thumbnail"
    aria-hidden="true"
    tabindex="-1"
    href="/watch?v=LymuZ8abvmc">
    <yt-img-shadow class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail no-transition"

        style="background-color: transparent;"
        loaded=""><img id="img"
            class="style-scope yt-img-shadow"
            src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LymuZ8abvmc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCNIBEHZIWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&amp;rs=AOn4CLC3lIBEu35kq-35aszmJVD6Zjv7Fw"
    
            width="210"></yt-img-shadow>
    <div id="mouseover-overlay"
        class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail"></div>
    <div id="overlays"
        class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail">
        <ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail"
    
            overlay-style="DEFAULT"><span class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer"
        
                aria-label="6 minutes, 59 seconds">
      6:59
    </span></ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer>
        <ytd-thumbnail-overlay-toggle-button-renderer
        role="button" tabindex="0"
            class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail"
            aria-label="Watch later">
            <yt-icon class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-toggle-button-renderer">
                <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet"
            
                    focusable="false"
                    style="pointer-events: none; display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%;"
            
                    class="style-scope yt-icon">
                    <g class="style-scope yt-icon">
                        <path d="M12 3.67c-4.58 0-8.33 3.75-8.33 8.33s3.75 8.33 8.33 8.33 8.33-3.75 8.33-8.33S16.58 3.67 12 3.67zm3.5 11.83l-4.33-2.67v-5h1.25v4.34l3.75 2.25-.67 1.08z"
                    
                            class="style-scope yt-icon"></path>
                    </g>
                </svg>
            </yt-icon>
            <paper-tooltip id="tooltip"
                class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-toggle-button-renderer"
        
                role="tooltip"
                tabindex="-1">
                <div id="tooltip"
                    class="hidden style-scope paper-tooltip">
                    Watch later
                </div>
            </paper-tooltip>
            </ytd-thumbnail-overlay-toggle-button-renderer>
    </div>
</a>

Safari:

<a id="thumbnail"
    class="yt-simple-endpoint inline-block style-scope ytd-thumbnail"
    aria-hidden="true"
    tabindex="-1"
    href="/watch?v=LymuZ8abvmc">
    <yt-img-shadow class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail no-transition"

        loaded=""
        style="background-color: transparent;"><img id="img"
            class="style-scope yt-img-shadow"
            width="210"
            src="//i.ytimg.com/vi/LymuZ8abvmc/hqdefault.jpg"></yt-img-shadow>
    <div id="mouseover-overlay"
        class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail"></div>
    <div id="overlays"
        class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail">
        <ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail"
    
            overlay-style="DEFAULT"><span class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer"
        
                aria-label="6 minutes, 59 seconds">
      6:59
    </span></ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer>
        <ytd-thumbnail-overlay-toggle-button-renderer
        role="button" tabindex="0"
            class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail"
            aria-label="Watch later">
            <yt-icon class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-toggle-button-renderer">
                <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet"
            
                    focusable="false"
                    class="style-scope yt-icon"
                    style="pointer-events: none; display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%;">
                    <g class="style-scope yt-icon">
                        <path d="M12 3.67c-4.58 0-8.33 3.75-8.33 8.33s3.75 8.33 8.33 8.33 8.33-3.75 8.33-8.33S16.58 3.67 12 3.67zm3.5 11.83l-4.33-2.67v-5h1.25v4.34l3.75 2.25-.67 1.08z"
                    
                            class="style-scope yt-icon"></path>
                    </g>
                </svg>
            </yt-icon>
            <paper-tooltip id="tooltip"
                class="style-scope ytd-thumbnail-overlay-toggle-button-renderer"
        
                role="tooltip"
                tabindex="-1">
                <div id="tooltip"
                    class="hidden style-scope paper-tooltip">
                    Watch later
                </div>
            </paper-tooltip>
            </ytd-thumbnail-overlay-toggle-button-renderer>
    </div>
</a>

I'd like to see the nicer quality images in Firefox. Triager may have to reload Safari after initial page load; I saw blurry images there once, but subsequent refreshes show higher quality images.

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#13674

www.youtube.com - YouTube shows lower quality thumbnail images on Firefox vs. Safari (retina

Opened: 2017-11-20
Reporter: webcompat-bot
Comments: 8
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