diff --git a/src/ZenGlanceManager.mjs b/src/ZenGlanceManager.mjs
index 993c285..b76796b 100644
--- a/src/ZenGlanceManager.mjs
+++ b/src/ZenGlanceManager.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
   class ZenGlanceManager extends ZenDOMOperatedFeature {
     #currentBrowser = null;
+    #currentTab = null;
+
+    #animating = false;
 
     init() {
       ChromeUtils.defineLazyGetter(
@@ -17,13 +20,65 @@
         () => document.getElementById('zen-glance-browser-container')
       );
 
+      ChromeUtils.defineLazyGetter(
+        this,
+        'browser',
+        () => document.getElementById('zen-glance-browser')
+      );
+
+      ChromeUtils.defineLazyGetter(
+        this,
+        'contentWrapper',
+        () => document.getElementById('zen-glance-content')
+      );
+
+      ChromeUtils.defineLazyGetter(
+        this,
+        'loadingBar',
+        () => document.getElementById('zen-glance-loading')
+      );
+
       Services.obs.addObserver(this, "zen-glance-open");
+      this.initProgressListener();
     }
 
     observe(subject, topic, data) {
       this.openGlance(JSON.parse(data));
     }
 
+    initProgressListener() {
+      this.progressListener = {
+        QueryInterface: ChromeUtils.generateQI(['nsIWebProgressListener', 'nsISupportsWeakReference']),
+        onLocationChange: function (aWebProgress, aRequest, aLocation, aFlags) {
+          this.loadingBar.removeAttribute("not-loading");
+          if (aWebProgress.isLoadingDocument) {
+            this.loadingBar.removeAttribute("loading");
+            return;
+          }
+          this.loadingBar.setAttribute("loading", true);
+        }.bind(this),
+      };
+    }
+
+    onOverlayClick(event) {
+      if (event.target === this.overlay || event.target === this.contentWrapper) {
+        this.closeGlance();
+      }
+    }
+
+    createBrowserElement(url, currentTab) {
+      console.log(url);
+      const newTabOptions = {
+        userContextId: currentTab.getAttribute("usercontextid") || "",
+        inBackground: false,
+        insertTab: false,
+      };
+      const newTab = gBrowser.addTrustedTab(url, newTabOptions);
+      this.#currentBrowser = newTab.linkedBrowser;
+      this.#currentTab = newTab;
+      return this.#currentBrowser;
+    }
+
     openGlance(data) {
       const initialX = data.x;
       const initialY = data.y;
@@ -37,27 +92,64 @@
       const overlayWrapper = currentTab.linkedBrowser.closest(".browserSidebarContainer");
       overlayWrapper.appendChild(this.overlay);
 
+      const browserElement = this.createBrowserElement(url, currentTab);
+      this.browser.appendChild(browserElement);
+
+      browserElement.addProgressListener(this.progressListener, Ci.nsIWebProgress.NOTIFY_LOCATION);
+
+      browserElement.docShellIsActive = true;
+      browserElement.loadURI(Services.io.newURI(url), {
+        triggeringPrincipal: Services.scriptSecurityManager.createNullPrincipal(
+          {}
+        ),
+      });
+
+      this.loadingBar.setAttribute("not-loading", true);
+      this.loadingBar.removeAttribute("loading");
+      this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute("animate-end");
+
       window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
         this.browserWrapper.style.setProperty("--initial-x", `${initialX}px`);
         this.browserWrapper.style.setProperty("--initial-y", `${initialY}px`);
         this.browserWrapper.style.setProperty("--initial-width", initialWidth + "px");
         this.browserWrapper.style.setProperty("--initial-height", initialHeight + "px");
+
         this.overlay.removeAttribute("fade-out");
         this.overlay.removeAttribute("hidden");
+        this.browserWrapper.setAttribute("animate", true);
+        this.#animating = true;
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          this.browserWrapper.setAttribute("animate-end", true);
+          this.#animating = false;
+        }, 500);
       });
     }
 
     closeGlance() {
-      this.#currentBrowser?.remove();
-      this.#currentBrowser = null;
+      if (this.#animating) {
+        return;
+      }
 
+      // do NOT touch here, I don't know what it does, but it works...
       window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute("animate");
+        this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute("animate-end");
         this.overlay.setAttribute("fade-out", true);
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          this.overlay.setAttribute("hidden", true);
-          this.overlay.removeAttribute("fade-out");
-        }, 800);
-      });
+        window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+          this.browserWrapper.setAttribute("animate", true);
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.overlay.setAttribute("hidden", true);
+            this.overlay.removeAttribute("fade-out");
+            this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute("animate");
+
+            this.#currentBrowser?.remove();
+            // remove the tab to avoid memory leaks
+            this.#currentTab?.remove();
+            this.#currentBrowser = null;
+            this.#currentTab = null;
+          }, 300);
+        });
+      });  
     }
 
     onLocationChange(_) {