Watch YouTube video maximized full in browser (not full screen)

If you prefer watching YouTube videos in a full size of your browser, try one of the following methods.
Assume your YT video link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv77I0ZacbA

• Method 1, from the link, replace these words: watch?v=  with: v/
so, your maximized link will be: http://www.youtube.com/v/tv77I0ZacbA

• Method 2, from the link, add these words: _popup after the words 'watch' or before the '?' sign
  
so your maximized link will be: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tv77I0ZacbA

You can also send these manipulated links to friends if you want to save them from having to load the whole YouTube website.

If your browser is Firefox or Wyzo, you can watch YT videos in the sidebar by adding the YP addon or copy and paste the manipulated link in your address bar, click 'Reload' (or press F5) the, then 'Bookmark' ( press Ctrl+D) the page.

Go to your bookmarked links and find the bookmarked YT link, Right Click on it and in the Options, select the words "Load in Sidebar' then Save Changes.

Now you can continue to watch your YT videos while doing other stuff on the browser.

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PS: The hacks above will work only if the video has an embed link (i.e. non embeddable videos will not display unless viewed on the youtube website).