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Fluid - 0.9

transfer Web apps to the OS X desktop

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Version 0.9:	Not rated (0.0)
Selected Version:	0.9
Release Date:	2008-04-20
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 0.9):	749
Downloads (all versions):	20,159
Price:	Free

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Product Description:

Are you a Gmail, Facebook, Campfire or Insert_Your_Favorite_Webapp_Here fanatic? Do you have 20 or more browser tabs open at all times? Are you tired of some random site crashing your browser and causing you to loose your (say) Google Docs data in another tab?

If so, Site Specific Browsers (SSBs) provide a great solution for your webapp woes. Using Fluid, you can create SSBs to run each of your favorite webapps as a separate desktop application. Fluid gives any webapp a home on your Mac OS X desktop including Dock icon, menu bar, and logical separation from your other web browsing activity.

How does it work?

Fluid itself is a very small application. When launched, Fluid displays a small window where you specify the URL of a webapp you'd like to run in a Site Specific Browser. Then provide a name, click 'Create' and you'll be prompted to launch the new native Mac app you've just created.

Use Fluid to run YouTube, GTalk, Flickr, Basecamp, Delicious, .Mac webmail, or any other webapp as a separate desktop application.

Anytime you click a link to another site in an SSB, the link is opened in your system default web browser, keeping your SSB dedicated to the original site you've specified.

What's new in this version:

Fluid.app: Bugfix: Fix for crasher when clicking a 'Media' item in the sidebar of the 'select other icon...' open dialog.
FluidInstance.app: Option to restore last browsing session. Restores window size, placement, and open tabs. On by default. Look in General Preference Pane.
FluidInstance.app: Bugfix: Gmail and Google Reader SSBs no longer spawn empty/unnecessary windows when deferring browsing to the system default browser.
FluidInstance.app: Option to open links in default web browser in the background.
FluidInstance.app: Drag links to existing tabs or unused space in the tab bar to open the link in the existing tab or a new tab.
FluidInstance.app: Double click empty space in the tab bar to create a new tab.
FluidInstance.app: Click and hold on the back or forward toolbar button to see a popup menu with the back or forward list (just like in Safari.)
FluidInstance.app: yubnub command support added to search field.
FluidInstance.app: Improved Bookmarks window with Undo/Redo editing.
FluidInstance.app: Width of main menu in the menu bar reduced by icons for the Userscripts and Plug-in menus.
FluidInstance.app: key now exits Fullscreen mode.
Thumbnail Plug-in: XPath support added as alternative to CSS Selectors in Plug-in Preference Pane.
Thumbnail Plug-in: Thumbnails will reload if you explicitly reload a page with a thumbnail-enabled URL.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.0
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS Classic

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awesome! - Version: 0.9.6, 6/8/2009 02:03AM PST

umrathi

Works great with most web apps. Doesn't work with iGoogle though.

Missing an easy way to copy the url. Currently the only way seems to be via tinyurl.
Sometimes has issues with opening links (don't always go into the main browser but happen to open a tab in the standalone app), no big deal though.

Great! - Version: 0.9.6, 3/2/2009 07:07AM PST

profpirate

Excellent Having many SSB managed with Leopard Space; No problem at all. Very customizable.

Irreplaceable - Version: 0.9.1.3, 5/12/2008 09:59AM PST

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ylon

This application is a key piece in my daily workflow. I could certainly stand for some more web development features to be integrated or even if he would consider adding some cross functionality with CSSEdit and/or Flux.

One thing that I really need to see soon though is full featured 1Passwd support. That would be outstanding.

Also, some icon customization in the Preferences that would properly embed a custom icon so that it sticks post update would be great as well.