This section addresses a some common questions. It is most often from our user's questions and requests, that new features and ideas come into life. If your question is not here, just drop us a line at support@getglimpses.com
glimpses use Dropbox syncing capabilities to sync all your entries with your Dropbox. glimpses can automatically synchronize your entries. Your data is stored securely.
Absolutely! glimpses is completely private. Everything is stored in your Dropbox app folder, which is only visible to you.
Please visit our quick-start guide located at support.getglimpses.com for the brief overview of how to get started with glimpses journal app.
No separate account is required to start glimpses. We do not store your credentials.
Please be noted that we do not store your password anywhere in the application or in glimpses servers. We use Dropbox OAuth 2 open specification for authentication and authorization. Please refer here for more details.
Please contact us here. And if you have any bug/feature request, please raise it on glimpses communuty-forum.
We'll be launching both iOS and android version of glimpses soon.
glimpses doesn't have accounts stored. Simply uninstall the app and delete the permission from Dropbox's Connected App tab.
No, as we wanted to provide simple and focused experience to our users, glimpses only support Dropbox sync.
Yes, glimpses support Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Once you logged in with your Dropbox account, you can start writing journal even being offline. Sync happens only when you are connected to the Internet.
Publish feature helps you to share your journal entry with your near & dear ones. A shareable link is created, which is completely private and is not saved anywhere on glimpses server. And the link is uploaded to your Dropbox-links folder.
If you no longer want the link to persist, you can simply delete the link file from Dropbox-links folder.
glimpses-setup.exe is generated with Squirrel framework,
And apps built with it sometimes gets quarantined as a virus threat which is false positive. glimpses
is 100% clean no Viruses, no Adwares.
Checkout the recent Microsoft malware analysis scan report.
No. You can continue using glimpses as long as you want. However, synchronization with your Dropbox account will work only as long as Dropbox API have the support.
We've added features to batch export all your entries into plain
text and JSON formats. We value your memories, you're in safe hands.
CTRL + N New journal entry
CTRL + I To add / update image in selected journal entry
CTRL + Shift + F
To mark favorite journal entry
DELETE Delete selected journal entry
CTRL + M Preview markdown of the selected journal entry
CTRL
+ E Export selected journal entry
CTRL + Shift + P Publish selected journal entry
CTRL + D
Toggle distraction-free mode
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