OSX Resizer

Allow OSX users to view sites in a window smaller than 400px

What is OSX Resizer?

OSX Resizer is a Chrome extension specifically designed to circumvent the 400 pixel limit on shrinking browser windows on Mac systems. This extension opens the current tab in a pop-up, allowing users to view web pages at a 320px resolution, similar to browsing on a smartphone, thereby providing a more compact, efficient browsing experience.

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Extension stats

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 3.65 (26)

Version: 0.0.0.2 (Last updated: 2012-08-22)

Creation date: 2012-08-21

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs

Size: 4.79K

Ranking

# 20574 ▼ 83

Other rankings

#6929 in Developer Tools ▼ 16

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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If you're on a Mac using Chrome and you want to view a web page at the same resolution as a smart phone (320px), this is the extension for you!

Chrome users on a Mac are unable to shrink the browser window below 400 pixels. This is a constraint on the chromed browser, but not for pop up windows. This extension simply opens the current tab in a pop up. Eight lines of code, no more, no less.

User reviews

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Pros

Works perfectly.
Great for CSS deployment on Mac.
Simple and effective for resizing.
Best extension ever according to some users.
Useful tool for web development.

Cons

Does not work on Windows 11.
Lacks an option to auto close the original tab after resizing.
Popup window opens in the background on Mac.
Icon color is not visible in dark mode.
Wish it didn't show the link bar in full screen mode.

Most mentioned

Works perfectly.
Feature requests related to tab management and context menu.
Issues with functionality on Windows and Mac.
Popup window behavior.
Icon visibility in dark mode.

Recent reviews

this app doesnt work on windows 11. please provide assistance. thanks !

PaiYun GS, 2023-11-09

I have some feature requests. I wish that you had a Github or an email address so we can contact you with bug reports and feature requests instead of having to submit a review. So one thing is when I open up a tab with the website that I want to resize, I then click the OSX Resizer extension to resize the website. This creates a popup window. But the website tab I opened is still there. It would be nice if we had the option to auto close it. Another thing that would be nice is if we could right-click on any website and select OSX Resizer option from context menu like that. Because of my limited space, I don't have the OSX Resizer extension pinned at the top of the browser. So I have to click the extensions button, and then scroll down, and then click it. It would save time if we could just right-click any page to resize it.