--- title: This one browser feature convinced me to ditch Chrome,... description: A journalist recounts switching from Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave to Zen Browser because of its Glance feature, which lets users preview a link (via... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-one-browser-feature-convinced-me-to-ditch-chrome-edge-opera-and-brave-gsgfquyfh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This one browser feature convinced me to ditch Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave | daily.dev og:description: A journalist recounts switching from Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave to Zen Browser because of its Glance feature, which lets users preview a link (via... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-one-browser-feature-convinced-me-to-ditch-chrome-edge-opera-and-brave-gsgfquyfh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GsgFquYFh.png og:image:alt: This one browser feature convinced me to ditch Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # This one browser feature convinced me to ditch Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A journalist recounts switching from Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave to Zen Browser because of its Glance feature, which lets users preview a link (via Alt+click on Windows/Linux or Option+click on macOS) without opening a new tab. This solved chronic tab hoarding during research-heavy work, letting them preview content first and only convert genuinely useful links into full tabs. Other Zen features like vertical tabs and Workspaces are mentioned as additional benefits. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I use Zen Browser's Glance feature to preview a link without opening a new tab? Hold Alt and click a link on Windows or Linux, or Option and click on macOS, to open it in a preview overlay called Glance. You can scroll, click around, and read the page without committing to a new tab, then dismiss the preview or promote it into a full tab if it turns out to be worth keeping. _Developers evaluating browser productivity workflows can find hands-on feature breakdowns like this one on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I switched from Chrome to this open-source browser — and haven’t looked back](https://daily.dev/posts/i-switched-from-chrome-to-this-open-source-browser-and-haven-t-looked-back-ohyyy0ja1) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [My favorite alternative to Google Chrome isn't Microsoft Edge or Firefox: it's something way cooler and productive](https://daily.dev/posts/my-favorite-alternative-to-google-chrome-isn-t-microsoft-edge-or-firefox-it-s-something-way-cooler--i9zbvwjtt) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 1 comments - [Zen browser: The best alternative to Firefox](https://daily.dev/posts/zen-browser-the-best-alternative-to-firefox-xqsvuc0hl) · All Things Open · 69 upvotes · 15 comments - [I ditched Chrome, Opera, and Firefox for this browser, and I wish I did it sooner](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-chrome-opera-and-firefox-for-this-browser-and-i-wish-i-did-it-sooner-znt1r3tcv) · XDA Developers · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/this-one-browser-feature-convinced-me-to-ditch-chrome-edge-opera-and-brave-gsgfquyfh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"This one browser feature convinced me to ditch Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-one-browser-feature-convinced-me-to-ditch-chrome-edge-opera-and-brave-gsgfquyfh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-one-browser-feature-convinced-me-to-ditch-chrome-edge-opera-and-brave-gsgfquyfh"},"datePublished":"2026-08-24T14:31:15.358Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:42:57.877Z","description":"A journalist recounts switching from Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave to Zen Browser because of its Glance feature, which lets users preview a link (via...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0dacbeaa19dc07f0f97d00ccb76d589b?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0dacbeaa19dc07f0f97d00ccb76d589b?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"XDA Developers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"XDA Developers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kCg6yyAP--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774964407/logos/xda-developers?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-one-browser-feature-convinced-me-to-ditch-chrome-edge-opera-and-brave-gsgfquyfh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"productivity","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"XDA Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"This one browser feature convinced me to ditch Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-one-browser-feature-convinced-me-to-ditch-chrome-edge-opera-and-brave-gsgfquyfh#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I use Zen Browser's Glance feature to preview a link without opening a new tab?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Hold Alt and click a link on Windows or Linux, or Option and click on macOS, to open it in a preview overlay called Glance. 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