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Flow - 1.0.1

slick FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, .Mac client with Quick Look, more

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All Time: (5.0)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.0.1
Release Date: 2008-04-24
License: Shareware
Downloads (this version): 679
Downloads (all versions): 1,507
Price: $29

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Product Description:

Flow is a stunning new FTP client built exclusively for Mac OS X Leopard. Flow streamlines both transferring and editing files by leveraging your high-speed connection, presenting a gorgeous yet tasteful user-interface, and integrating the latest and greatest of OS X technology.
  • Solid Connections
    • Support for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, .Mac, and Local Connections, concurrently to allow multiple transfers and editing sessions to take place at the same time.
  • Editing
    • Edit in the sleek internal editor (with tabs, syntax coloring, live previewing, and code sense), or with another editor of your choice.
  • URL Copying
    • URLs to your remote files can be copied instantly, even automatically after uploading. We promise that once you use this, you'll never be able to live without it again.
  • User Interface
    • We have an obsession with pixels. As a side effect, every pixel in Flow is simply lickable. Go ahead, lick away. Just be sure to clean the screen afterwards.
  • QuickLook
    • Just like the Finder, Flow can QuickLook pretty much any file — images, movies, music, PDFs, text documents and even web-pages!
  • Dropmarks
    • Drag a bookmark to your desktop - Boom: Instant Droplet. Drop a file on the its icon and watch as your file is quickly uploaded in Finder-like copy-window.

What's new in this version:

  • Droplets can now automatically copy URLS. This will only occur if (a) you re-create any previous droplets that originated before this release and (b) the "Automatically Copy URL To Clipboard After Uploading" option is enabled for the bookmark the droplet is created from
  • Fixed a myriad of directory listing issues for FTP and SFTP users.
  • Fixed issues with Editor inappropriately saving "blanks".
  • Editor no longer attempts to *ever* render PHP locally.
  • Fixed issues with Base URLs, and editing locally.
  • Fixed issues with remotely previewing with base URLs determined from bookmarks.
  • Fixed behavior of attempted connections to hosts which refuse.
  • Restored remote-listing and bookmark filtering functionality.
  • You can now enter a .Mac e-mail address in the username field.
  • Fixed issue the path control had with directories which had spaces in their names.
  • You can now QuickLook PSD (Photoshop Document) files from Flow.
  • Connect, Disconnect, New Folder, New File, Edit, Move, and Delete toolbar icons replaced with Olivier Charavel's replacement set, with permission. Thanks Olivier!
  • Fixed issues with sidebar hiding.
  • "View" menu's items now use Safari-style labelling. No more checkmarks, we change the title. ("Hide Sidebar", "Show Sidebar").
  • "Toggle Transcript" toolbar item has an icon again.
  • Action toolbar item is reasonably sized.
  • Refined behavior of "Back" menu item.
  • Fixed an issue where editing (both internally and externally) could potentially upload an empty copy of your file.
  • You can now click-to-rename bookmarks and bookmark folders.
  • Open Bookmark In New Tab/Window now appropriately disabled when bookmark folders are selected.
  • Fixed issues with cached directory listings. No more jumping!
  • Fixed issue with WebDAV/.Mac uploading
  • Fixed issues with disconnecting while transferring files.
  • Fixed issue with WebDAV/.Mac and directories with multi-word names.
  • All "Action" (gear) buttons now behave as other action buttons do in Mac OS X.

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

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Flow ReviewSlick UI. Poor file transfer. - Version: 1.0, 4/7/2008 02:01AM PST

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Sooth Sayer
A slick UI without a doubt, but most (if not all?) of that is provided by the OS itself, and as far as interfaces go not having a dual pane local/remote view makes it very hard to use, not to mention lots buggy of behavior in other areas.

The biggest problem though is that the file transfer bit ... you know, the part which actually makes the app of any use ... it's flaky as hell. "Solid Connections" ? Nope.
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Flow ReviewFast. Simple. Pro. - Version: 1.0, 4/6/2008 05:33AM PST

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webmotiva.com
It's MUCH faster than Transmit when using normal FTP accounts and services. The transmission is better and the interface is more PRO for web designers. Great!
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Flow CommentaryIt' Okay but could be better - Version: 1.0, 4/5/2008 05:29PM PST

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marnold2000
First of all I am in awe of anyone who can actually create an application of any type so any criticism by me is simply to be used constructively. I like simple, an FTP client should not be difficult to use by the average person. An application such as crushftp may have nice features but is very difficult to setup and get working.

This application is easy to setup but this one window GUI on some of the latest FTP clients drives me mad, Does anyone really like just the one window? Why would I want to open up my finder window and also open up Flow in order to transmit data to my server? Everyone I have talked to about this agrees that two windows, one for the data on your computer and one window for the server is the easiest to manipulate and understand.

Please consider a two window option as least. The speed seems comparable to most of the others on the Mac market. I have tested about 30 FTP clients between windows and mac in the last month and I am sticking for now with Transmit (solid) and Forklift (best GUI) for mac and CuteFTP (fast but ugly) and WS_FTP (the Transmit of the windows world) on windows.

For now I'm not sure that you should be charging for this application in it's current form when you have free apps like Cyberduck which perform as well. My advice would be to keep this in a free Beta mode until you reach a point where this app can separate itself from the pack. Once you can show the value of this product then the public will be more than happy to pay for this fine app.

Good luck and keep up the good work, but PLEASE give it a two window option...
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