If you’re like me, your monitor real estate is in high demand. One small corner of one of my displays is dedicated to video viewing. It is usually occupied by a video that I have popped out of Google Reader using the “Popout” links Google applies to embedded videos.
So handy is Google Reader’s “Popout” link that it inspired me to create a bookmarklet that does the same thing when you are on any site that hosts a flash video.
If you come across a flash video you would like to watch but would rather not keep the page it belongs to loaded, you can use this bookmarklet to pop it out into its own little window. It supports just about any page that contains flash video.
To use it, just save or drag the following link to your bookmarks toolbar:
… and then try it out on this video:
If you would like to contribute to the Universal Video Popout Bookmarklet, join the Google Code project.