Changelog
What's new in Glance
Every release, in order. Newest first.
v0.2.2
Math in the middle of a sentence
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- Write $ … $ and the formula is typeset in the line it sits in, at the size of the text around it
- Space Below the Last Line in Settings ▸ General leaves room to scroll past the end of a document while you're editing, so the line you're typing doesn't sit on the bottom edge of the window. Off by default
- Clear Recently Opened in the Dock menu empties the recent files list
- Quarto and R Markdown notebooks (.qmd) preview in Quick Look
Improved
- Equations on their own line are about 15% larger, so they match the size of the text around them
Fixed
- Quick Look previews came up blank on Macs with iA Writer, Typora or TeXShop installed
- Shift+click didn't extend a selection across paragraphs
- Selecting with the arrow keys stopped at the edge of the paragraph the cursor was in
- Dragging a selection across paragraphs took the whole first and last paragraph instead of stopping where you pointed
v0.2.1
See the Markdown behind the page, side by side
New
- Press ⌘\ to open the document's Markdown source beside the rendered page. The panes scroll together, your cursor and selection appear in both, and typing in one updates the other. Part of Glance Pro
- Documents open in tabs — ⌘T adds one to the current window
Improved
- The cursor stays in view when you move it to a block that sits off screen
- ⌘↑ and ⌘↓ reach the very top and bottom of a document
- Clear formatting is now ⇧⌘\
Fixed
- Text set both bold and italic rendered as italic only
- Scrolling a wide table sideways with a mouse wheel moved it a fraction of the distance it should have. Trackpads were never affected
- Printing a table could leave its heading alone at the foot of a page
- Pasting where the content couldn't be inserted emptied the clipboard
- Outdenting or clearing a list item moved the items nested under it
- A new untitled window could open with no toolbar, and its titlebar changed height when "Edited" appeared
v0.2.0
Type directly on the page you're reading
New
- Click any part of a document and start typing — there's no edit mode to switch into. Reading stays free; editing is Glance Pro, with a 14-day trial and no card needed
- Select text and pick a style from the toolbar that appears — bold, italic, code, links, and headings
- Edit tables cell by cell, and insert or delete columns from the column menu
- Edit a Mermaid diagram in place — change the source, press ⌘↩, and it redraws
- Callouts, task lists, and code blocks edit the same way
- Find in file — ⌘F highlights every match in the document and steps through them
- Print (⌘P) and Export as PDF (⇧⌘E). Pages break between lines and table rows, so nothing gets cut in half, and a heading never sits alone at the foot of a page
- Create a new document with ⌘N
Improved
- Updates download and install in the background, ready the next time you launch Glance — no trip to the browser, no dragging into Applications. Turn it off in Settings (⌘,)
- The formatting toolbar, callout titles, and table controls follow the document's own typography instead of the system default
v0.1.9
Huge files open in under a second instead of a minute
Improved
- A 15 MB JSON went from nearly a minute to showing content in about a third of a second, and finished rendering in under one — in both the app and Quick Look previews
- Big Markdown documents full of fenced code open right away too; syntax colors fill in as highlighting finishes instead of holding up the first render
- Data files over ~4 MB skip syntax coloring and render as plain monospace, so they stay fast. Minified JSON is still pretty-printed at any size
- Opening big files uses roughly a third of the memory it did before
v0.1.8
Task lists, callouts, and roomier type
New
- Task lists render as checkboxes — "- [ ]" shows as an empty box and "- [x]" as a checked one
- GitHub-style callouts — start a quote with [!NOTE], [!TIP], [!IMPORTANT], [!WARNING], or [!CAUTION] for a colored accent bar and title
- Plain URLs, email addresses, and www. links are clickable without Markdown link syntax
Improved
- More line spacing and wider margins throughout
- Headings drop their underline rule
- Numbered lists use tabular figures, so the markers line up down the column
v0.1.7
Automatic updates, sturdier Quick Look, and an install guide
New
- After you download Glance, the site walks you through installing it — open the DMG, drag Glance into Applications, and launch
- Automatic update checks are on by default — one version check per launch, nothing else. Turn it off any time in Settings (⌘,)
Improved
- Quick Look previews JSON, YAML, and CSV files alongside Markdown and plain text
- Glance checks its Quick Look extension on launch and re-registers it if macOS dropped it after an update. Settings shows the extension's status and repairs it in one click
- The icon/text display-mode menu is gone, and the zoom control can now be removed from Customize Toolbar like the others
- Choosing to update quits Glance and starts the download, so you can drop the new version straight into Applications without the "app is in use" block
v0.1.6
Live reload, any text file, and JSON/YAML highlighting
New
- Documents reload when the file changes on disk — edit in another app and Glance updates in place, no reopen needed
- Open any text file, not just Markdown — plain text, source code, JSON, YAML, CSV, and logs all render
- JSON files are pretty-printed and syntax-highlighted in a monospace view; YAML is syntax-highlighted too
- New "Open with" toolbar button — open the current file in another editor or reveal it in Finder. Glance remembers the last app you used
- Settings (⌘,) to choose which file types Glance previews in Quick Look
- The toolbar is now customizable — right-click it and choose "Customize Toolbar…"
Fixed
- Single newlines inside a paragraph collapsed into spaces instead of rendering as line breaks, losing the line structure of the file
v0.1.5
Tables that fit the page and scroll like they should
Improved
- Columns shrink to fit their content and bleed into the page margin instead of crowding
- Wide tables scroll horizontally on their own, leaving the rest of the page still
- Cell padding scales with the document zoom, so tables hold their proportions at every size
- Horizontal table scrolling ignores gestures that are mostly vertical, so scrolling the page no longer drags wide tables sideways
v0.1.4
A new welcome document and a way to write back
New
- Send Feedback… menu item — drop a note straight from the menu bar
- Welcome to Glance menu item — reopen the intro document any time
- Rewritten welcome document with an icon banner and a live Mermaid diagram
Improved
- Smaller download — the app and the Quick Look extension now share one copy of the renderer instead of bundling it twice
- Quick Look previews show local images from your Markdown instead of a placeholder
v0.1.3
Selection, sharper rendering, calmer scroll
New
- Mouse selection for LaTeX, Mermaid, images, and tables
- Visible selection highlight on diagrams and formulas
- Math and diagram rendering bundled for offline use
Improved
- Zooming in re-renders at high DPI without a flicker
- Lighter loading placeholders — transparent, not gray
- Tighter gap between the blockquote bar and quoted text
Fixed
- Local images showed gray instead of loading
- Images rendered vertically flipped
- The first scroll past unrendered blocks froze
v0.1.2
Support Glance from the menu bar
New
- Buy me a Coffee… menu item
v0.1.1
Glance learns to check for updates
New
- Check for Updates… menu item, with an opt-in automatic check
v0.1.0
Initial releaseFirst public build of Glance
New
- Native macOS viewer for .md and .markdown files
- Quick Look preview — press space in Finder and the page renders
- Native LaTeX rendering
- Native Mermaid diagrams that follow light and dark mode
- Pinch-to-zoom that reflows text
- Welcome guide on first launch
- Prompt to set Glance as the default .md handler
- Tall portrait window, with ⌘0 for the baseline zoom
- Toolbar with a soft scroll-edge blur