u/lethaldesperado5

I'd open 20-40 'just to check' tabs mainly for github issues and docs pages and then lose track of what I was actually working on. To fix that, I built an extension that lets you open links in a live mini browser window without leaving the current page.

There were many hurdles to bypass to get this smoothly working as it as now. Right now it's in an open beta (unpacked extension) and I'm looking for feedback from other web devs on UX and positioning. You can try it here and give me feedback if you like https://gopeekapp.github.io/gopeek/

Happy to share code snippets or talk about

I’d open 30-40 tabs 'just to check' them and completely lose track of what I was actually working on. So I built GoPeek, an extension that lets you preview links in a floating window without leaving the current page.

Mainly built it for workflows like:

GitHub hopping

docs/research

Reddit/Wikipedia-like rabbit holes. Basically for daily quick link inspection.

Before launch, I'd appreciate feedback.

You can try it here: https://gopeekapp.github.io/gopeek/

Instead of opening tons of tabs just to quickly check links, GoPeek lets you instantly preview them in floating windows/sidebars without leaving the current page.

Mainly built it for workflows like:

GitHub hopping

docs/research

Reddit/Wikipedia-like rabbit holes

Basically for daily quick link inspection

I'm looking for beta testers like you so that you can give some feedback before i launch it on web store.

would genuinely love feedback from people here.

Try it here: https://gopeekapp.github.io/gopeek/

(used chatgpt to write)

I've been hacking on a browser extension, GoPeek, because I got sick of the open tab → wait → oh, this isn’t useful → close tab loop, because my work includes a lot of opening and closing tabs to check trival stuff. So i have trying to make such a tool that saves me that fatigue, and most importantly the thing I would like it to be quick, quicker than actual tab loading.

So I built a chrome extension (GoPeek, yet to launch) that lets you preview links instantly in a floating mini-browser without leaving the current page.

I’ve been polishing it for a while and I’d genuinely like feedback from people who browse heavily.

Main things it does right now:

• Hold a modifier key + hover a link (customisable) → instant preview window

• Opens inside a draggable mini-browser overlay

• Auto theme adapts to the site

• Sidebar snap mode (left/right)

• Floating bubble minimize mode

• Back/forward navigation inside the preview

• Hover intent + preloading so links feel nearly instant

• Search selected text directly in the mini-browser

• Multiple preview windows support

• Auto-hide header while scrolling

The weirdly hard part wasn’t the UI, it was making it feel native and smooth instead of extension-y.

Most of the work ended up being around:

• avoiding iframe flashes

• keeping dragging/resizing smooth

• handling scroll performance

• preventing sites from breaking out of embeds

• managing preload vs memory usage

I’m attaching a short demo video because it’s easier to understand visually than through screenshots.

Would love feedback on:

features that would make it genuinely part of your workflow

UX things that feel annoying immediately

whether the hover-to-preview interaction feels natural or intrusive

Tbh, in the course of making it, I have been using it daily and seems it's become my muscle memory and can't do without it lol. Looking for feedback, thanks in advance!

I’ve been hacking on a browser extension, GoPeek, because I got sick of the open tab → wait → oh, this isn’t useful → close tab loop, because my work includes a lot of opening and closing tabs to check trival stuff. So i have trying to make such a tool that saves me that fatigue, and most importantly the thing I would like it to be quick, quicker than actual tab loading.

So you hold shift and hover over any link and a small browser window pops up on top of the page you’re already on. You can skim an article, check a reference, or watch a video inside that little window without navigating away. You can next or prev tabs as well. I have applied the safari's ui, i hope that doesn't cause any legal problems though.

Under the hood, it’s not just a basic iframe preview. Most big sites refuse to be embedded, so I’m using declarativeNetRequest to strip X-Frame-Options and CSP headers on the fly, which lets those pages actually load inside the mini browser.

Right now it has a few things baked in: ad and tracker blocking inside the preview window so it stays fast, a draggable and pinnable panel so you can move it around and keep it open, some CSS tricks to stop sites from trying to “break out” of the frame, and options to tweak the window size, scrollbars, and a dynamic theme that matches the site you’re on. Everything runs locally in the browser; there’s no server and I’m not collecting any browsing data.

The red button is to close the tab, yellow for pinning it, and the green for opening it in actual new tab.

It’s still in the refining phase and not on the Chrome Web Store yet. I’m mostly polishing the transitions and the header behavior, like making the header auto-hide when you scroll inside the peek.

Looking for your earnest feedback, thanks in advance