Falcon

Add various new functionalities and improvements to Western's OWL site
What is Falcon?
Falcon is a powerful Chrome extension that greatly enhances the user experience on Western's OWL site. It offers features such as Dark Mode, faster page loading, course name editing, a new resources page, improved announcements experience, a Falcon Editor for creating diagrams and graphics, and more. Install Falcon to enjoy a modern and updated look without compromising the familiar OWL interface.

Extension stats

Users: 279 ▼ -7
Rating: 5.00 (7)
Version: 1.0.9 (Last updated: 2022-02-15)
Creation date: 2021-05-14
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
  • https://owl.uwo.ca/*/*
  • https://www.owlfalcon.com/*
Size: 2.99M

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Extension summary

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

Features

  • 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!

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User reviews

Amazing, great job to the devs :) keep it up
by 平和Shiv, 2023-03-16

Super underrated extension. Western should update the actual OWL website to work like this!
by James N, 2023-01-24

Makes OWL so much faster and a lot nicer to use. 10/10 would recommend this plugin
by Brandon Mendoza, 2022-03-31
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Falcon requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Falcon has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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