This is slightly hard to describe, but I just randomly stumbled across a nifty little hack, for lack of a better word, involving the viewing of YouTube videos. Of course, YouTube natively supports full-screen viewing of videos, but I personally do not like this as I am completely immersed in the video and can no longer see the other activities on my screen (such as new mail, etc).
So I stumbled across this tweak that allows you to watch a YouTube video maximized in its browser window. Check out the pic in my blog post if my description doesn't make sense.
To do this, paste this code into your browser:
http://www.youtube.com/v/xxxxxxxxxxx&hl=en&fs=1&
Now go back to the desired YouTube video in its normal view, and copy the last 11 alphanumeric string in the URL box on the right side, or in the actual URL you see in the address bar of your browser. This random string is the identifier for that specific video. Now paste that random string in place of the xxxxxxxxxxx in the code above, hit Enter, and you're good to go!
Mac OS X Hints
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090618181842385