Add various new functionalities and improvements to Western's OWL site

Latest Version

Version

1.0.9

Update

February 15, 2022

Size

2.85MiB

Developer

Falcon Extension

Falcon immensely enhances the user experience on OWL. With Falcon, OWL loads over 65% faster on average.

Features
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- Dark Mode!

- Load pages without refreshing!
When you navigate OWL, it will be much faster because a full refresh is not done every time you go to a new page. (This feature is disabled on Gradebook, Test/Quizzes, and Forum)

- Edit course names!
Especially useful when you're just starting a new semester, and you're not used to the course codes yet.

- New resources page!
Falcon includes a brand new resources page for browsing your courses' files. It is extremely fast. You can search for any files/folders instantly, too!

- New Announcements Experience
Scroll through all your announcements at once like it's your personal feed.

- Powerful Falcon Editor
Falcon also comes with a diagram maker/editor which you can use to design Flow charts, graphics content, and more. Each course gets its own editor so there's no compromise on your creativity!

- Search and sort announcements, assignments, etc

+ Many more features!

Of course, the features listed here are the main features you can visually interact with / see on OWL. There are many minor enhancements to OWL itself that Falcon makes that improves the user experience. One of which is a more modern and updated look without taking away from the OWL you are familiar with.

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Falcon is open source!
https://github.com/RishabSwift/Falcon

Once you install this extension, it will work on https://owl.uwo.ca

Source Manifest.json

{
"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
"name":"Falcon",
"description":"Add various new functionalities and improvements to Western's OWL site",
"version":"1.0.9",
"manifest_version":2,
"icons":{"16":"./images/falcon-16x16.png",
"32":"./images/falcon-32x32.png",
"48":"./images/falcon-48x48.png",
"128":"./images/falcon-128x128.png"},
"background":{"scripts":["./background.js"],
"persistent":false},
"options_page":"./options.html",
"browser_action":{"default_popup":"./popup.html"},
"permissions":["storage",
"tabs",
"https://owl.uwo.ca/*/*",
"https://www.owlfalcon.com/*"],
"content_scripts":[{"matches":["https://owl.uwo.ca/*"],
"exclude_matches":["https://owl.uwo.ca/*.pdf"],
"css":["./assets/falcon.css"],
"js":["./assets/falcon.js"],
"run_at":"document_idle"}],
"web_accessible_resources":["/assets/*",
"/fonts/*"],
"content_security_policy":"script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval'; object-src 'self'"}

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