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Re:Show HN: A browser extension to use picture-in-picture wi... by userbinator on Saturday February 20, 2021 @05:31PM (#26208590)
As someone who has used http://www.vanmiddlesworth.org/vitrite/ to toggle always-on-top and transparency for a long time, it is strange to see this -- browser-specific -- reinvention of basic window management.

On the other hand, my desktop is 2560 pixels wide, and as a result, I've never had the need nor desire to maximise anything. I also rarely use multiple tabs, preferring separate windows instead, which I can then arrange as I please. I wonder if the popularisation of tabbed browsing has decreased the desire/visibility of comparing/contrasting in general, since as you mentioned, it is much more difficult when you can only see one site at a time.

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Re:Show HN: A browser extension to use picture-in-picture wi... by logix on Sunday February 21, 2021 @07:12AM (#26212907)
Here's a cross-platform alternative to this: https://github.com/kamranahmedse/pennywise
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Re:Show HN: A browser extension to use picture-in-picture wi... by ba32107 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @07:26AM (#26212979)
Wow I didn't come across this during my research - seems similar to my solution, although TabFloater is a little bit different!
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Re:Show HN: A browser extension to use picture-in-picture wi... by ba32107 on Saturday February 20, 2021 @05:51PM (#26208759)
I have the same resolution size :) I agree that the usefulness of this app depends on how you use your browser. I do the exact opposite of you, at any time I have at least 20-30 tabs open and I regularly switch back and forth.

I prefer to think of TabFloater as not an app that creates/moves/manipulates extra browser windows (even though that is what actually happens), but an app that adds an extra browser functionality (picture-in-picture). In this sense, I think it makes sense that it brings its own "always-on-topness".

I'm also aware that this app solves a pretty niche use-case - but it was fun developing it and I learned a lot!

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