quickly link the current dir to /var/www and open the browser there.

browse.sh

#!/bin/bash

REG_USER=icholy
LINK_NAME=browse
LINK_PATH=/var/www/$LINK_NAME
BROWSER_CMD=chromium-browser

# make sure we're root
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
   echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2;
   exit 1;
fi

# delete old link if one exists
if [ -h $LINK_PATH ]; then
  unlink $LINK_PATH;
fi

# create the new link
ln -s "$(pwd)" $LINK_PATH;

# open the browser to the linked dir
su $REG_USER -c "${BROWSER_CMD} http://localhost/${LINK_NAME}/";