GLance Autor: Jaime Mendoza

GLance lets you preview files before deciding whether you actually want them.

Click a link to a PDF, a spreadsheet or a Photoshop file and GLance opens it in a browser tab
instead of dropping it in your Downloads folder. If it wasn't what you were looking for, you
close the tab — nothing was saved, nothing to delete.

Everything happens inside your browser. There is no server, no account and no cloud service:
the rendering engines ship with the extension as WebAssembly. No file ever leaves your computer,
and GLance works offline.

17 supported formats

• Documents — PDF, XPS, PAGES
• Office — DOCX, RTF
• Spreadsheets — CSV, XLS, XLSX, ODS
• Vector — PS, EPS, AI
• Images — PSD, TIF, TIFF
• CAD — DXF
• Fonts — TTF

Features

• Continuous scrolling with selectable, searchable text
• Zoom, page navigation, printing and downloading the original
• Works with files behind a login, and with export buttons that generate files on the fly
• Recent files list — filenames only, never contents, and can be turned off
• Automatic and manual modes: intercept the click, or show a small preview button next to links
• Right-click any link to preview it, even when the address gives no hint of its format
• English and Spanish interface, light and dark themes

GLance collects no data whatsoever.