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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2008/12/youtube_at_work.jpg" width="494"
height="200" align="center"/YouTube is full of videos that don't require singled-minded attention,
but trying to keep a YouTube page visible in the background for passive watching isn't easy.
Digital Inspiration's Amit Agarwal suggests two methods, though, that work great for browsing other
sites or doing actual, you know, work, while keeping a video cornered and always on top. The first
requires re-working a video link to its full-screen version and bookmarking it to load in Firefox's
sidebarmdash;something we've a
href="http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/Sidebar-GCal-agenda/2805347"covered before/a with a
href="http://lifehacker.com/383481/put-facebook-chat-in-firefoxs-sidebar"many/a a
href="http://lifehacker.com/software/google-notebook/open-google-notebook-in-the-firefox-sidebar-254789.php"other/a
a href="http://lifehacker.com/390912/put-google-reader-in-your-sidebar"apps/a. The other method
creates a mini-browser window that always stays on top using an a
href="http://www.box.net/shared/4ej5cqoekj"AutoHotKey-coded app/a. Hit the link below for details
on each idea, which should make burning through your favorite webisodes easier while still plucking
away on your busy work. div class="related"a
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