Ingenious: A Mini Mobile Browser That Lives in Your Desktop Browser

Ever wanted to scan another website without switching browser tabs? Glimpse is for you.

Thanks to responsive design, most modern websites (including this one) serve up different versions of themselves depending on what device you’re using to visit them—usually a “full” site designed for browsing on a laptop or desktop, plus a streamlined “mobile” version optimized for small screens. If you’ve ever preferred the latter version of your favorite site to the “real” one, even when you’re not using your phone (hello, Techmeme), you’ll appreciate Glimpse: an experimental add-on for the Chrome Web browser that pops up a little smartphone-sized “mini mobile browser” right inside your desktop browser window.