Using the app
The built-in browser
Navigate a website in Glob, return to the canvas, or save the visible page as a PNG file.
The desktop beta has a built-in browser for web links opened through Glob Social's source-link controls. It takes over the app's content area while you read the website. Return to Glob closes that view and brings the Social window back into focus.
This is one website view at a time. It has its own navigation history and toolbar. It does not add a row of browser tabs.
Navigate the website
The toolbar has these controls:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Back | Returns to the previous page in this website view's history. |
| Forward | Moves forward after you have gone back. |
| Address | Shows the current page address. Enter a full public HTTPS address and press Return to navigate. |
| Reload | Loads the current website page again. |
| Stop | Stops a page that is loading. |
| Screenshot | Opens a save dialog for an image of the visible website page. |
| Return to Glob | Closes the website view. |
Back and Forward become available when there is somewhere to go in that direction. Reload is disabled while the page is loading; Stop is available during loading. Status messages appear alongside the controls.
The Mac menu bar's Web page menu repeats these navigation actions. It also contains Open externally and Clear website data. The keyboard reference lists the navigation shortcuts.
Open the site in your regular browser
Choose Web page → Open externally to send the current address to your Mac's regular browser. The website view remains open until you choose Return to Glob.
Use your regular browser for sites that need a permission prompt, a popup or a download. The built-in browser refuses those actions. A website that needs camera, microphone or location access cannot obtain it in this view.
Only public HTTPS pages can open in the built-in browser. It refuses addresses on private networks. If Glob cannot open a source link there, it can open the address in your regular browser and show a message explaining the fallback. See browser errors.
Save a screenshot
These save-dialog steps describe the installed beta. A newer signed desktop build with Media box capture replaces that dialog with a dashed box: click the camera, drag inside the website, and release to save just that area privately in Media → Pictures. Esc, the camera again, and tiny drags cancel. The page keeps playing and the box is absent from the saved PNG. This native capture needs no browser sharing prompt. It is a desktop runtime update; loading a newer website alone does not install it. See embed screenshots.
- Open the website page and arrange the visible area you want.
- Choose Screenshot, or Web page → Save screenshot….
- Choose a name and destination in Save page screenshot.
- Save the PNG file.
The default name is page.png. The result is an image of the visible website view, rather than a stitched image of the whole scrolling page. Cancelling the dialog leaves no saved screenshot. If writing the file fails, Glob says The screenshot could not be saved. Try a folder you can write to.
Screenshot saves a file on your Mac. It does not place the image on the Social canvas.
Website sign-ins and clearing website data
The built-in browser uses a website profile associated with the signed-in Social account. Website sign-ins are separate from those in your regular browser. A guest website profile is temporary. Signing out of Social, losing the Social session, or changing the Social account closes the website view.
To clear the current website profile, open a page and choose Web page → Clear website data. The view closes, and its saved website state is cleared. You may need to sign in to those websites again when you reopen them. This action applies to the built-in website profile, rather than signing you out of Glob Social.
For data handling details, read the Privacy Policy.