Glance - Quick Look Code Files 4+

Quickly preview various files‪.‬

尧 吴

    • 3.9 • 17 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Glance increases your productivity by providing a quick preview of many files. Glance supports Source Code Highlighting, Markdown & Jupyter rendering preview.

Features:
• Quickly preview various file types
• Previews visible in Quick Look, Finder, and Spotlight
• Fully compatible with the latest version of macOS operating system

Supported file types:
• Source code (.cpp, .js, .json, .py, .swift, .yml and many more)
• Markdown (.md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkdn, .mkd, .Rmd)
• Archive (.tar, .tar.gz, .zip)
• Jupyter Notebook (.ipynb)
• Tab-separated values (.tab, .tsv)

How to use:
Download and run this app once, then follow the instructions displayed in the app to enable Glance Quick Look. Then you can exit the app.
To preview a file, you only need to select the file and press the space bar on your keyboard.


If you have any questions or suggestion please contact us:
hnbsoft@outlook.com

What’s New

Version 3.0

• Fully compatible with the latest version of macOS Sonoma 14
• Fixed an issue where clicking the "Open Extensions pane" button on macOS Sonoma may not work.
• Optimized ZIP file preview
• Changed app icon

Ratings and Reviews

3.9 out of 5
17 Ratings

17 Ratings

Reviewerxx ,

Not displaying full markdown

I have some markdown files with horizontal line breaks in them, and this quicklook is hiding some contents between the horizontal lines. The content was not a yaml, and they were not at the top of the page. I don't know why this version of Glance is not displying the full markdown.

Developer Response ,

We are sorry for the inconvenience,
Glance(version 2.0) is a universal app that runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel-based Mac computers.
Please upgrade Glance to version 2.0 and try again, thank you!

If there is still a problem, can you send us your markdown file so that we can find the issue. 
Our email is:
hnbsoft@outlook.com

[Name withheld] ,

App has become nag-ware!

A formerly decent app now pops a huge red nagging box onto your screen at every opportunity touting an in-app purchase. This is light-weight app that simply tweaks Finder previews of certain text files, so adding this kind of nag is particuarly egregious and invasive. While there are many ways to think about the (very real) value of software, pestering users like this merely alientates them.

My advice: don't reward this kind of developer behavior, and look for another app...

[UPDATE: Developer response is misleading. Although the nag-ware update did not make the app technically unusuable, it "asks" for "support" with a brightly colored banner that pops up over every file you preview. If the app asked for support or donations, say, once per month, I could perhaps understand; however, the kind of nagging here is a classic, user-hostile design pattern. So find another solution. Pay for another solution! Support software developers! Just not ones who treat users this way...]

Developer Response ,

Hello, Donation/purchase is a completely voluntary action. Even if you do not spend a penny, it does not affect the use of the software. Thank you very much for your support.

annkinss ,

DO NOT UPDATE

Unbelievable. The developers of this app have turned it from something that was decent and useable to something scummy. Review reader, ask yourself if you would be okay with the following: With the most recent update, you now have a constant. large, floating, red button on *every* *single* file preview in Finder that Glance supports.
If you wish to get rid of this? That's fine, just clik the BIG red X, and pay them $9.99. Otherwise, well you're out of luck, because this app that you've been using for years that was free is now suddenly not just polietly asking you to support - which many apps do in an unintrusive way - they are putting it in your face with every single file preview you now will look at.

Developers: your app, is NOT worth $9.99. I'm sorry but it's the truth. It does not support enough file types, runs too buggy for that price, and it's a bad practice what you've done here with the newest update. It was good for what it was, and how it functioned when it was free, heck I would even have paid up to $4.99 for it.
But I would not and will not pay a single cent for an app whose developers shove their "support" button in my face whenever I am just passively browsing and happen to be already previewing a file upon opening Finder.

I'm uninstalling, furthermore I think I will be reporting this to the app store as well.

Developer Response ,

Hello, we're very sorry to bring you a not good experience. If you want to use Glance without restriction, please send us an email and we will give you a satisfied solution to your problem. please contact us: hnbsoft@outlook.com

App Privacy

The developer, 尧 吴, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.