Glance Back

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Description from extension meta

You spend so much time staring at your computer... doesn't your computer deserve a chance to glance back at you?

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Description from store

Glance Back is a daily photo diary, capturing the moments shared between you and your computer. Once a day, when you open a new tab, Glance Back will take your photo, ask you what you’re thinking about, and save both the photo and written thought to its locally stored archive.

Latest reviews

Isaura 2025-05-04: love it, have it for more than 3 years already, brings me joy every day, it's part of me now <3
Lucas Ochoa 2024-12-25: A great computer application. Fantastic for candid photographic capture, it seizes the unguarded moments of life, more importantly, life at the computer. It creates a collection of photos over time that reveals the truth of our existence. Unflinching and honest. Five stars.
emily hong 2024-12-21: glanceback is one of my favorite pieces of software of all time. sometimes my coworkers think it's creepy but that is a cost i am willing to accept. i would also be even more happy if it was available on firefox
Hope 2023-10-22: I've been using this extension for so long now but I'm trying to change the browser I use to opera gx, and it would be awesome if this extension could be optimized for it. Opera lets you download and use chrome extensions but it doesn't seem to activate right like with chrome. Regardless I've loved using it all this time!
Hope 2023-10-22: I've been using this extension for so long now but I'm trying to change the browser I use to opera gx, and it would be awesome if this extension could be optimized for it. Opera lets you download and use chrome extensions but it doesn't seem to activate right like with chrome. Regardless I've loved using it all this time!
audrey 2023-09-25: I love and admire your work, Maya! Been enjoying glance back for about 2 years now and it would be awesome if users can edit their minimal mode (at the very least, change the solid colour of the new tab)
audrey 2023-09-25: I love and admire your work, Maya! Been enjoying glance back for about 2 years now and it would be awesome if users can edit their minimal mode (at the very least, change the solid colour of the new tab)
Martina Alvarez 2023-07-20: me encantaba :((( sin querer la desinstalé y se me borraron todas mis fotos guardadas 😪. estaría bueno que haya una base de datos o algo que mismo con tu mail, pueda guardar una copia de seguridad!!
Selva Romane 2023-01-10: I just downloaded it and its seems nice but now when i open a new tab I can't acces my favourites and shortcuts, is there anything i can do?
Selva Romane 2023-01-10: I just downloaded it and its seems nice but now when i open a new tab I can't acces my favourites and shortcuts, is there anything i can do?
Meerab Shah 2022-12-19: Love the extension! was wondering if there could be an option to mirror the camera that would be AMAZING
Meerab Shah 2022-12-19: Love the extension! was wondering if there could be an option to mirror the camera that would be AMAZING
klein cafa 2022-07-30: Love the extension, where it was quite funny to see my pictures where it took of me at a random time! However, I have signed out of my chrome, and signed back in where all the photos have been removed! If there was a cloud feature to your Google account, it would be great! A suggestion I would have is having the extension take a picture at random times instead of the same time each day! It was quite fun at first, but now I know when the extension would take the picture each day!
klein cafa 2022-07-30: Love the extension, where it was quite funny to see my pictures where it took of me at a random time! However, I have signed out of my chrome, and signed back in where all the photos have been removed! If there was a cloud feature to your Google account, it would be great! A suggestion I would have is having the extension take a picture at random times instead of the same time each day! It was quite fun at first, but now I know when the extension would take the picture each day!
manuel 2022-04-28: i love the idea, but could u add a mode like "non-intrusive mode" to have your tab as you had it but by clicking on the extension u can see your photos? i really like ur extension a lot <3
manuel 2022-04-28: i love the idea, but could u add a mode like "non-intrusive mode" to have your tab as you had it but by clicking on the extension u can see your photos? i really like ur extension a lot <3
Sydney Szepfalusy 2022-04-20: I have never written a review before, well that is until now. This extension has truly made me so much happier. It captures me at my best and it captures me at my worse. It brings out how human I am and I love watching it pop up day by day. Highly recommend, this is my favorite extension ever.
Razan Mohamed 2022-03-20: I really love this extension but it hasn't been working recently for me ("There was an error with accessing the camera stream: NotReadableError"). The suggestions in the FAQ haven't fixed it unfortunately. Does anyone know if I uninstall and reinstall the extension I'll lose my photos so far?
Razan Mohamed 2022-03-20: I really love this extension but it hasn't been working recently for me ("There was an error with accessing the camera stream: NotReadableError"). The suggestions in the FAQ haven't fixed it unfortunately. Does anyone know if I uninstall and reinstall the extension I'll lose my photos so far?
Emma R. 2022-02-03: This extension is great! Unfortunately, I accidentally disabled camera access one time, and I can't figure out how to re-allow it. Now I can't use the extension anymore :( I've tried disabling and even deleting the extension but that didn't work. Would appreciate some help with this!
Emma R. 2022-02-03: This extension is great! Unfortunately, I accidentally disabled camera access one time, and I can't figure out how to re-allow it. Now I can't use the extension anymore :( I've tried disabling and even deleting the extension but that didn't work. Would appreciate some help with this!
Andrew Tsai 2022-01-13: Really like this idea and am stoked to use it... but I'm a bit confused on how it works? Should it be taking over the 'new tab' screen EVERY single time I open a new tab? Can I disable that if I prefer a different new tab screen or will that stop it from taking photos? (I've also never had it take a photo yet)
Andrew Tsai 2022-01-13: Really like this idea and am stoked to use it... but I'm a bit confused on how it works? Should it be taking over the 'new tab' screen EVERY single time I open a new tab? Can I disable that if I prefer a different new tab screen or will that stop it from taking photos? (I've also never had it take a photo yet)
Samantha 2022-01-09: I love this concept so much!
Samantha 2022-01-09: I love this concept so much!
Emily 2022-01-07: this is a really cool idea and I love it!! I also appreciate how the developer has read the reviews people write here and are correcting them as feedback comes in. It's really cool to see that now there's a minimal mode and that the picture gets taken at a random time now (or so I've experienced as of today). Now that I've accumulated a couple weeks worth of photos it's a fun and collective photo diary and I recommend to lots of people I know.
Emily 2022-01-07: this is a really cool idea and I love it!! I also appreciate how the developer has read the reviews people write here and are correcting them as feedback comes in. It's really cool to see that now there's a minimal mode and that the picture gets taken at a random time now (or so I've experienced as of today). Now that I've accumulated a couple weeks worth of photos it's a fun and collective photo diary and I recommend to lots of people I know.
Mireya Martinez 2022-01-04: I really liked it but for the past week it just hasn't taken any photos. I even tried opening multiple tabs to see if it would randomly do it but nothing happened. I also installed and uninstalled and that did not work either :( I really wanted to use this but it did not work for me.
Mireya Martinez 2022-01-04: I really liked it but for the past week it just hasn't taken any photos. I even tried opening multiple tabs to see if it would randomly do it but nothing happened. I also installed and uninstalled and that did not work either :( I really wanted to use this but it did not work for me.
Lauren McLeod 2022-01-04: I like this extension however I think I might have to stop using it because I am not able to open a new tab without it popping up again and again. Does anyone know how to fix this? Or is just apart of the app?
Lauren McLeod 2022-01-04: I like this extension however I think I might have to stop using it because I am not able to open a new tab without it popping up again and again. Does anyone know how to fix this? Or is just apart of the app?
Marlene Chávez Corona 2021-12-30: i think this is such a cool idea, i really like the idea of keeping a photo diary right on my laptop. i think it'd be cool to be able to toggle the photo diary as the landing page on/off. i miss having my original tabs and it unnerves me slightly to see many versions of myself staring back at me every time i open a tab. the fade option is cool, but it just makes the tab feel empty. it would also be nice to not have it take a picture after the first new tab of the day...i feel like im almost expecting it to happen!
Marlene Chávez Corona 2021-12-30: i think this is such a cool idea, i really like the idea of keeping a photo diary right on my laptop. i think it'd be cool to be able to toggle the photo diary as the landing page on/off. i miss having my original tabs and it unnerves me slightly to see many versions of myself staring back at me every time i open a tab. the fade option is cool, but it just makes the tab feel empty. it would also be nice to not have it take a picture after the first new tab of the day...i feel like im almost expecting it to happen!
Megan Freeman 2021-01-15: I love this extension, it takes the most unflattering pictures and now it's turned into the most cohesive diary I've ever kept.
Megan Freeman 2021-01-15: I love this extension, it takes the most unflattering pictures and now it's turned into the most cohesive diary I've ever kept.
Ethan MA 2021-01-03: cool concept
Ethan MA 2021-01-03: cool concept
Halsey Hulse 2020-10-12: Really appreciated the review from Salvatore. I thought it was succinct and informative.
Halsey Hulse 2020-10-12: Really appreciated the review from Salvatore. I thought it was succinct and informative.
Chris Lau 2020-04-16: Love this idea! It's really made me think about how I share so much time with my laptop.
Chris Lau 2020-04-16: Love this idea! It's really made me think about how I share so much time with my laptop.
Anonymous 2019-11-11: I make a lot of funny expressions when I'm thinking, it turns out.
Ben Choe 2019-05-10: amazing! wonderful! love!
Ben Choe 2019-05-10: amazing! wonderful! love!
Alex Krentsel 2019-01-15: Really cool extension. I like that it makes me stop and think for a second about what I'm doing and why. Sometimes you start working on something and just disappear into your computer for a few hours, before emerging back into the world. This extension pulls you out of that!
Alex Krentsel 2019-01-15: Really cool extension. I like that it makes me stop and think for a second about what I'm doing and why. Sometimes you start working on something and just disappear into your computer for a few hours, before emerging back into the world. This extension pulls you out of that!
Salvatore Daddario 2019-01-07: What a cool idea! I just started using it, but I really like it and it's an interesting way to document life - to document the moments in between.
Salvatore Daddario 2019-01-07: What a cool idea! I just started using it, but I really like it and it's an interesting way to document life - to document the moments in between.

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