Press Minimize

  1. Open Tidbit in a computer browser and start from Home.
  2. Press Minimize in the top bar. Tidbit moves into a small window in the corner of your screen.
  3. Keep playing there while the rest of your screen stays free for other work.

The small window is taller than it is wide, and a little under half the height of your screen at most, so a question and its answers fit without covering everything else.

Why a small window helps

A lot of computer work comes with short waits: an AI assistant working through a task, a build or a test run, a large upload, a video export, a call that has not started yet. They are too short to start anything big and too long to stare at a progress bar.

A small window fits those gaps. Tidbit sits in the corner of your screen and the rest of your screen stays as it was, so you can glance back at your work between questions.

Tidbit suits it: there is nothing to download, no sign-up is needed, and you can stop after any question.

Where Minimize works

Minimize works in computer browsers, not in private browsing. It is part of the website at computer sizes; the phone layout and the Discord Activity do not have it. On a phone, the full game view already fits the screen.

It is free for every player. Minimize is not a Premium feature.

Pick your corner

The small window opens in the bottom right corner of your screen. To use a different corner, pick it in Settings.

Good moments to play

  • While an AI assistant works through a longer task.
  • While a build, a test run or a deploy finishes.
  • While a large file uploads, downloads or exports.
  • While you wait for a reply in a chat.
  • In the few minutes before a call starts.
  • On a short break, without leaving your desk.

In each case the game is the part you can drop. When your work needs you, finish the question you are on and go back to it.

Keep the game in its place

  • Stop after any question. Freeplay has nothing to lose, so you can walk away mid-session.
  • Check your work between questions, not during them.
  • Keep the small window away from the part of the screen you are watching.
  • Save ranked matches for a real break. An Arena match needs your attention from the first question to the last.
  • Keep the volume low in a shared room.

The point is to fill a wait, not to stretch it. If your task finishes mid-question, answer it or leave it. Your work comes first; the game is there for the gaps.

If the small window does not open

Tidbit only moves your game when your browser can keep your progress. In private browsing it cannot, so open Tidbit in a regular browser window and press Minimize again.

On a phone or in the Discord Activity, keep playing in the regular game view.

A game for the small window

Freeplay suits a small window, because you can stop after any question. Waiting on an AI task or a build? Here is how to play trivia while your AI works.

If choosing subjects is the hard part, try one of these five general knowledge mixes.

Subjects that suit a short wait

  • General knowledge, for a bit of everything.
  • Geography, if you like flags and outlines. Picture questions are part of Freeplay unless you turn them off.
  • A subject you know well, for a quick run of right answers.
  • A subject you know nothing about, for a few new facts.

Every subject has its own page, such as science trivia and space trivia, where Freeplay opens on those questions straight away.

Higher or Lower in the small window

Higher or Lower suits a small window too: two cards, one question, which number is higher? Each call takes a few seconds, and Higher or Lower Freeplay is free. Open Higher or Lower, then press Minimize.

It is a good change of pace when trivia questions start to blur together.

A five-minute session

  1. Start your long task: the AI prompt, the build or the export.
  2. Open Tidbit and press Minimize.
  3. Play Freeplay questions until the task needs you.
  4. Finish the question you are on, then switch back to your work.

The small window stays in its corner, ready for the next wait. Next time, pick up where you like: a new subject, or the same one again.

Small window or second screen?

With two screens, you can keep Tidbit open in a normal window on the second one. The small window is for when you have one screen, or when the second is busy too: it keeps the game small and out of the way.

Sharing your whole screen in a call? The small window is part of it. Share a single window instead, or close Tidbit before the call starts.

Minimize at a glance

  • How: one click on Minimize in the top bar.
  • Where: the website, in a computer browser. Not in private browsing, on a phone or in the Discord Activity.
  • Where it opens: the bottom right corner, unless you pick another corner in Settings.
  • Your progress: Tidbit only moves your game when your browser can keep it.
  • Cost: free for every player.

What is free?

Traditional Trivia Freeplay and Higher or Lower Freeplay are free. No download or sign-up is needed to start, and there are no ads. Premium unlocks every mode.

Tidbit is for ages 13 and above.

By the team making Tidbit. Questions or a correction? Get in touch.