The Problem: Downloads Vanished Into Thin Air
Here's what used to happen. You'd paste a YouTube URL, hit download, and the video would save to your device. Perfect. But if you needed to download the same video again tomorrow, or check whether a batch job finished successfully last week, you were out of luck. The interface showed nothing. No record, no trace, no way to tell what worked and what didn't. This became painful fast if you were working with batches. Download 20 Instagram Reels, close the browser, come back later and realize you have no idea which five failed or why. You'd have to keep a separate spreadsheet or text file just to track your own downloads. For a tool built to save time, that was ridiculous. The root issue was simple: Videolyti treated every download as a one-off event. Once the file hit your disk, the app forgot it ever happened. That works fine for casual users grabbing one video every few days. For anyone doing real work, it was a mess.
A Local History Panel That Actually Remembers
Version 1.1 adds a history panel that lives right below the upload form. Every download, whether it's a single YouTube video or a batch of 50 TikToks, gets logged automatically. The panel shows each entry in reverse order: most recent at the top. You see the video title (or the URL if no title exists), the platform, how long ago you downloaded it, and whether it succeeded or failed. Everything is stored in your browser's localStorage. Nothing gets sent to our servers. Your download history is yours alone. It survives page reloads, browser restarts, and accidental tab closures. Close Videolyti mid-batch, come back three days later, and the history panel will still show exactly what you downloaded and when. The panel auto-prunes at 200 entries to avoid bloat. You can manually clear it anytime with one click (plus a confirmation dialog so you don't nuke it by accident). It's collapsible if you want it out of the way, and it supports both English and Ukrainian. No accounts, no syncing, no cloud storage. Just a local log that does what it should.
How to Use Download History
- Download a video like you normally would. Paste a URL, hit the button, wait for it to finish. The history panel appears below the form as soon as the first download completes.
- Check the entry. You'll see the video title, platform icon, a timestamp like '2 min ago' or 'Yesterday', and a green 'Success' badge (or red 'Failed' if something broke).
- Scroll through older downloads. The panel shows up to 200 entries, newest first. Click the panel header to collapse or expand it if you need more screen space.
- Clear history when you're done. Hit the 'Clear History' button in the top-right corner of the panel. A confirmation dialog pops up. Confirm, and the slate is wiped. Your actual downloaded files stay on your device untouched.
Tips for Making the Most of It
- Use history to audit failed batches. If you download 30 videos and three fail, the red badges make them easy to spot.
- The panel is useful for avoiding duplicate downloads. Before re-downloading a video you vaguely remember grabbing last week, check the history.
- History doesn't sync across devices or browsers. If you download videos on Chrome and switch to Firefox, the Firefox history starts empty. This is by design.
- The 200-entry limit is automatic. If you hit it, the oldest entries get pruned silently. If you need permanent records, export your download list before clearing.
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