# Windowed - floating Youtube/every website

> Changes fullscreen buttons to go into a popup. Works for every website that uses fullscreen, including Youtube, Vimeo, Netflix

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/windowed](https://chrome-stats.com/d/windowed)

## Overview

- **ID:** `windowed`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Michiel Dral
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 3,780
- **Weekly downloads:** 93
- **Rating:** 4.36 / 5 (81 ratings)
- **Version:** 31
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-13
- **First published:** 2017-10-15
- **Size:** 44 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/windowed/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/dralletje/windowed](https://github.com/dralletje/windowed)

## Description

Windowed is a Chrome extension that transforms fullscreen buttons on popular websites into floating windows. This allows users to watch videos on platforms like YouTube, Netflix, Twitch, Vimeo, and more, while simultaneously working on other tasks without interrupting playback.

Unlike typical fullscreen modes, Windowed places the video inside its own adjustable window without reloading or altering playback controls. Upon clicking fullscreen, you can choose between classic fullscreen or a popup window, enhancing multitasking capabilities and productivity. It supports many popular video sites, but excludes flash videos and those using native HTML fullscreen controls.

Source and installation are available on GitHub and the Chrome Web Store, ensuring users easy access and transparency. Windowed is perfect for anyone who wants flexibility when watching videos while working, chatting, or browsing.

## Rankings

- #1,412 — Overall
- #212 — Other extensions
- #16 — website
- #29 — vimeo
- #63 — rating
- #80 — include

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise the add-on for Firefox and its floating video window across sites, but report reliability issues, lack of window resizing, login/site access problems, and requests for per-site controls and PiP support.

### Pros

- Generally works well on Firefox and is considered essential by long-time users.
- Enables a floating video window across sites (e.g., YouTube, Hulu).
- Valued by users who switched from Chrome; availability on Firefox is a key plus.

### Cons

- Inconsistent/finicky behavior on Firefox; functionality can depend on actions like fullscreen and varies by site (e.g., YouTube, Twitch).
- Cannot maximize the popup window; the maximize option is greyed out.
- Some sites experience login/access issues due to the addon; a per-site blocking option would help.
- Sometimes works, sometimes not; reliability is an issue across pages.
- Possible missing Picture-in-Picture (PiP) option on the Firefox version.

## Similar extensions and apps

- [Windowed Fullscreen for Videos](https://chrome-stats.com/d/windowed-fullscreen-for-videos) — 80 users, 3.50 / 5
- [Windowed - (No Windowed button)](https://chrome-stats.com/d/windowed-no-windowed-button) — 1 users
- [YouTube Windowed FullScreen](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-window-fullscreen) — 4,151 users, 3.63 / 5
- [windowed-fullscreen-video](https://chrome-stats.com/d/windowed-fullscreen-video) — 1,521 users, 4.35 / 5
- [Window Fullscreen for YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/window-fullscreen-for-youtube) — 68 users, 5.00 / 5
- [YouTube Full Windowed](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-full-windowed) — 313 users, 4.50 / 5
- [Fullscreen](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fullscreen-any-site) — 288 users, 4.19 / 5
- [Full Screen Video for Youtube and more](https://chrome-stats.com/d/full-screen-video-for-youtube) — 35 users, 2.33 / 5
- [Fullscreen Anything](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fullscreenanything) — 8 users
- [Full Screen for Firefox](https://chrome-stats.com/d/full-screen-for-firefox) — 5,262 users, 4.41 / 5
- [YouTube Window Fullscreen](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-window-fullscreen) — 10 users, 5.00 / 5
- [Universal Video Hotkeys](https://chrome-stats.com/d/universal-video-hotkeys) — 23 users, 3.75 / 5

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/windowed)