OMG, such a good idea. A while ago a program called "Gcal.app" appeared on VT which was basically just an SSB for calendar.google.com. They included the source code as well. I really wanted to play with it and figure out how to do my own apps (eg: our web-based corporate calendar), because really only a few things need to change (URL, some labelling, etc), but I couldn't figure it out. Eventually gave up.

And yet, here is the same idea again, but in an actually usable form. A little disappointed that it's 10.5-specific, as I'd love to deploy SSB apps to my users, none of whom are on 10.5 yet (or shouldn't be; if they are I'll be annoyed - it's supposed to be an SOE environment...). At the moment we deploy a few fake apps (AppleScripts with icons on them - they just simply launch browsers to particular addresses, intended to add to the Dock for easy access to certain web-based corporate apps). But with Fluid now, I'm hoping to migrate them over to SSBs. Still fake apps, but less obviously fake, and with the benefit of crash protection. =)

I am curious what the license will be over time. Whether it will remain free once it hits 1.0 or whether it will change. I'm not adverse to giving money for this great idea (I know it's inspired by Prism, but Fluid is here today), just wondering for the future, particularly in terms of whether corporate use might attract different license conditions than personal use?

In any case, I've been tinkering with Fluid for a while and it's got a lot of potential, very exciting tool to play with and come up with new ways to use it. Two thumbs up.