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Video Focus Speed

Local Chrome extension for speeding up HTML5 video, dimming page distractions, and saving useful video links in a compact library.

  • Local MVP
  • Chrome-first
  • Local storage
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Video Focus Speed dimming the page around the active video
Theater mode: the page is dimmed around the player while the compact speed panel stays on the video.

Purpose

Found videos stay in focus

Useful videos often sit inside search pages, recommendations, sidebars and unrelated navigation. The extension does one small thing well: it keeps the useful controls near the player.

Video Focus Speed does not replace the website and does not need a server. It works as a local browser tool: speed control, theater mode and saved links for videos worth returning to.

Workflow

From found video to saved link

  1. Find. The user scrolls a page, starts the useful video, and the extension targets the active player.
  2. Speed up. The floating panel gives speed steps without reopening the extension popup.
  3. Focus. Theater mode dims everything around the video rectangle without rearranging the page.
  4. Save. The popup stores the current URL, title, domain and timestamp in the library.
  5. Return. The compact list keeps saved videos searchable without oversized cards.

Interface

A tiny page panel and a compact saved-link popup

Video Focus Speed floating panel and theater mode on a demo page
The "- 1x + Theater" style panel stays attached to the active video and does not close when the page is clicked.
Video Focus Speed popup with a compact saved video library
The saved-video list stays dense: title, domain, timestamp and two small action buttons.

Booklet

A short presentation captures the MVP idea

The booklet presents the idea, not a web version of the extension: why the floating panel exists, why theater mode is geometry-based, and how the saved-link library works.

The file opens as an editable PowerPoint deck and can be reused for internal demos, notes, or future packaging decisions.

Video Focus Speed booklet cover
Open booklet

Status

This is a booklet, not a web version of the extension

This website does not run the extension: Video Focus Speed works inside Chrome, uses browser local storage and attaches to pages through a content script.

It is currently a local MVP. A public archive link can be added separately after the distribution choice is made.