Software:Wavebox

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Wavebox
Wavebox logo.svg
Developer(s)Bookry Ltd
Initial releaseMarch 30, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-30)
Written inC, JavaScript, C++
EnginesBlink, V8
Operating system
TypeWeb browser
LicenseProprietary[1]
Websitewavebox.io

Wavebox is a web browser developed by Bookry Ltd based on the Chromium web browser. It belongs to a set of new web browsers focused on cloud workflows and has tools to organize web apps into a unified hub[2]. It is available for macOS, Microsoft Windows and Linux. Bookry Ltd, who develops Wavebox is based in Bangor, Gwynedd, UK.

History

Wavebox started as an free open-source Electron wrapper for Gmail and Google Inbox called WMail. It was created by Thomas Beverley and the WMail Github repository saw the first commit in 2016[3].

In March 2017, WMail was relaunched as Wavebox by the original creator [4][5][6]. The initial release of Wavebox was open-source and hosted on Github GitHub - wavebox/waveboxapp: Wavebox Classic has been updated to Wavebox 10. Learn more Wavebox.io. At first launch, Wavebox included a subscription tier with additional features such as support for Outlook, Office 365, Slack & Trello[6].

Wavebox continued to expand its set of supported apps [7][8] and added support for a subset of Chrome Extensions [9].

Until November 2019, Wavebox ran on Electron, however the developers moved to a fork of Chromium citing security and maintenance burden [10]. Upon moving to Chromium, Wavebox required users to manually migrate, changed to a proprietary license and was rebranded as Wavebox 10, with the original version becoming Wavebox Classic [11][12]. Since moving to Chromium, Wavebox claims to be able to maintain release parity with Google Chrome [13].

Features

User interface

Features of Wavebox are the persistent sidebar, where users are able to add web apps that are able to present notifications and show badges when there is new activity. Individual apps in Wavebox are able to sleep and save resources after a certain amount of time or when resources requirements on the machine demand [14].

Cookie Containers

Wavebox has Cookie containers, that are similar to Firefox containers, allowing multiple sign-ins within the same browser session [15].

Extensions

Wavebox can install many browser extensions developed for Google Chrome and Firefox (they use common WebExtensions API. These can be installed directly from the Chrome Web store.





References

  1. ↑ "Wavebox EULA". Bookry Ltd. https://wavebox.io/eula. 
  2. ↑ July 2021, Shubham Agarwal 10 (2021-07-10). "Your browser workflow is a mess — how to organize web apps into a unified hub" (in en). https://www.laptopmag.com/uk/features/your-browser-workflow-is-a-mess. 
  3. ↑ "Initial commit · Thomas101/wmail@dd1ecdf" (in en). https://github.com/Thomas101/wmail/commit/dd1ecdfe9654e2b989b677ed843d18fbf4591f75#diff-b335630551682c19a781afebcf4d07bf978fb1f8ac04c6bf87428ed5106870f5. 
  4. ↑ "Wavebox - A Desktop Client for Gmail, Outlook and More" (in en-US). 2017-08-07. https://www.fossmint.com/wavebox-a-cross-platform-electron-desktop-client-and-more/. 
  5. ↑ "Wavebox snap: A central hub for Gmail, Outlook, Trello, Slack and more" (in en). https://ubuntu.com/blog/wavebox-snap-a-central-hub-for-gmail-outlook-trello-slack-and-more. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Introducing Wavebox" (in en). 2017-03-30. https://blog.wavebox.io/introducing-wavebox/. 
  7. ↑ Statt, Nick (2017-06-10). "Wavebox is the most powerful Mac email client I've ever used" (in en). https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/10/15772638/wavebox-wmail-gmail-email-apple-mac-app. 
  8. ↑ "Wavebox App Directory Updated with 1000+ SaaS Services" (in en). 2018-03-28. https://blog.wavebox.io/1000-app-directory/. 
  9. ↑ "Extensions Update: Markdown Here" (in en). 2017-09-18. https://blog.wavebox.io/extensions-update-from-development/. 
  10. ↑ "Wavebox is Evolving - Our Move to Chromium." (in en). 2019-11-06. https://blog.wavebox.io/wavebox-is-evolving-electron-chromium/. 
  11. ↑ "🤩 Introducing Wavebox 10 · Issue #1133 · wavebox/waveboxapp" (in en). https://github.com/wavebox/waveboxapp/issues/1133. 
  12. ↑ "Stay focused and be more productive at work with Wavebox 10." (in en). 2019-11-27. https://blog.wavebox.io/stay_focused_be_more_productive_wavebox10/. 
  13. ↑ "As Chromium ramps up its release schedule, what does it mean for Wavebox?" (in en). 2021-03-10. https://blog.wavebox.io/check-chromium-release-version/. 
  14. ↑ "How do I sleep apps to save memory?" (in en). 2019-11-06. https://kb.wavebox.io/sleep-apps-to-save-memory/. 
  15. ↑ "What are 'Cookie Containers' and how do I use them in Wavebox? (Sandboxing)" (in en). 2019-11-06. https://kb.wavebox.io/what-are-profiles-and-how-do-i-create-one-in-wavebox-sandboxing/. 



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