Floater

A floating web browser built with .NET and Chromium (Chromium Embed Framework) for Windows.

Download

1. Download & install Visual Studio
2. Install the data sources plugin for Visual Studio if not already installed (you'll be prompted for the first time if you haven't used data sources before).
3. Download or clone the repository using git
4. Open the Floater.sln file in Visual Studio.
5. Build & run the project using Ctrl-F5 (If the application hangs, copy floaterdb.mdf and floaterdb_log.ldf files to the respsective build directory i.e Floater/bin/debug/x64 for a debug build of 64-bit architecture) and then run again.

Features

1. Float above all other windows (perfect for watching video or chat when doing something else e.g following a tutorial)
2. Transparent Window
3. Hide UI elements & dedicated YouTube(r) video mode to watch videos without distraction
4. Clean and Minimal UI

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl-B - Go back
• Ctrl-F - Go forward
• Ctrl-H - Show history
• Ctrl-R - Reload
• Ctrl-L - Focus address bar
• Ctrl-P - Print
• ESC - Move focus from address bar to browser

Developer

Mohammed Sazid Al Rashid

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• GitHub
• Stackoverflow

License

MIT License

This project uses the open source Captura screen recording software. Check out the project for its own license.