Glow

A new take on the modern-day web browser. GlowBrowser.com

Glow is an open source, leight-weight web browser for the iOS and macOS platforms. Inspired by the Opera Neon browser. Currently in heavy development (currently delayed due to school).

Goals

The Glow web browser was built from the ground up for durability and speed. The end goal is to create a beautiful product written in Swift.

Fundamental Goals

• Joint URL-Search Bar
• Basic Web Browser Functionality
• Speedy Navigation & Browser Control
• Bookmarks, History & Downloads
• Optimized for Page Loading Speed
• A Different Take on Modern Day Web Browsers

Completed

• UI Foundation
  • URLSearchBar
  • WKWebView
  • Back & Forward
  • Gesture Navigation
  • Stop & Refresh
  • UI Animations
  • Toggle Side Menu
• URLSearchBar
  • URL-Search Detection
  • Loading Search & URL
• Accurate ProgressBar
  • 0.001ms Accuracy on Local Networks
  • 0.01ms Accuracy with Googles' Servers
• Tabs & New Windows
  • Tab Management
  • New Window Management
• Bookmarks
  • Adding Bookmarks
  • Listing Bookmarks
  • Loading Bookmarks
• History
  • Save URL History
  • Listing Page History
  • Loading Page History
• Downloads
  • Implement File Downloading
  • Listing Downloads
  • Go to Downloads in Finder
• Side Menu
  • Refresh Button
  • Bookmarks Button
  • Home Button
  • Share Button
  • History Button
  • Downloads Button
  • Print Button
  • Source Code Button
  • Settings Button (Bottom)
• Settings
  • Custom Home URL
  • Custom UserAgent
  • Customize Side Bar
  • Return to Defaults Button
• Miscellaneous
  • Gradient Progress Bar
  • Website Favicon
  • Network Detection

Known Errors

None as of yet.

References

None as of yet.

Notes

May restrict to HTTPS protocal in near future.

Requirements

Requires macOS 12.0 or later. Please note that the app is being built with Swift 5.

MIT License

Copyright © 2020 Justin Bush. All rights reserved.

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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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