Computing device and method for expanding video viewing area

A computerized method for expanding video viewing area, comprising:

• executing a video player client using a browser program;
• rendering a graphical user interface (GUI) of the video player client in a browser window of the browser program;
• displaying, via the video player client, a first video of a video feed in a first display region of the GUI in a first display mode in which a browser address bar and a browser navigation bar of the browser program, the first video, and a video player tool bar of the video player client are displayed in the browser window;
• and
• in response to receiving a user input to scroll to a second video of the video feed, displaying, via the video player client, the second video in a second display region of the GUI in a second display mode in which at least the second video, the video player tool bar of the video player client, and a third video are displayed in the browser window, wherein
• in the second display mode, the second display region is vertically larger than the first display region of the first display mode, and the third video is displayed below the second video and under the video player tool bar of the video player client and over the browser navigation bar, to thereby inhibit display of the browser navigation bar and enable display of the video player tool bar and the third video.

A computing device for expanding video viewing area, comprising:

• processing circuitry and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:
• execute a video player client using a browser program;
• and
• render a graphical user interface (GUI) of the video player client in a browser window of the browser program, wherein
• the video player client is configured to display a first video of a video feed in a first display region of the GUI in a first display mode in which a browser address bar and a browser navigation bar of the browser program, the first video, and a video player tool bar of the video player client are displayed in the browser window,
• in response to receiving a user input to scroll to a second video of the video feed, the video player client is configured to display the second video in a second display region of the GUI in a second display mode in which at least the second video, the video player tool bar of the video player client, and a third video are displayed in the browser window,
• in the second display mode, the second display region is vertically larger than the first display region of the first display mode, and the third video is displayed below the second video and under the video player tool bar of the video player client and over the browser navigation bar, to thereby inhibit display of the browser navigation bar and enable display of the video player tool bar and the third video,
• the third video is assigned a z-order that positions the third video in the foreground of the GUI relative to the browser navigation bar and positions the third video in the background of the GUI relative to the video player tool bar, and
• in the second display mode, the second video is displayed in an upper portion of the second display region, the third video is displayed in a lower portion of the second display region, and only a top portion of the third video is visible in the GUI.