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Fluid gives your favorite web apps a home on your Mac OS X Desktop.
Are you a Gmail, Facebook, Campfire or an 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 web apps as a separate desktop application. Fluid gives any webapp a home on your Mac OS X
Are you a Gmail, Facebook, Campfire or an 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 web apps as a separate desktop application. Fluid gives any webapp a home on your Mac OS X
What's New
Version 1.3:
Changes in Fluid
- BUGFIX: Able to create FluidApps for iCloud (and other webapps sending enigmatic -999 error).
- NEW FEATURE: ⌘-1, ⌘-2, etc. switch to browser tab index.
- NEW FEATURE: Lion Only: Swipe Left/Right gestures for browser back/forward navigation.
- NEW FEATURE: New window.fluid JavaScript APIs: fluid.applcationPath, fluid.resourcePath, fluid.userscriptPath, fluid.include().
- ENHANCEMENT: Support for HTML5 pushState APIs
- ENHANCEMENT: Support for localStorage APIs
- ENHANCEMENT: Lion FullScreen state now preserved across launches.
- ENHANCEMENT: Better support for Google+.
- ENHANCEMENT: Updated Browser User-Agents.
- BUGFIX: FluidApps pinned to status bar now behave better across different sized displays.
- BUGFIX: Clear History menu item now works.
- BUGFIX: FullScreen keyboard shortcut should be ⌃⌘F.
Version 1.3:
Changes in Fluid
- BUGFIX: Able to create FluidApps for iCloud (and other webapps sending enigmatic -999 error).
- NEW FEATURE: ⌘-1, ⌘-2, etc. switch to browser tab index.
- NEW FEATURE: Lion Only: Swipe Left/Right gestures for browser back/forward navigation.
- NEW FEATURE: New window.fluid more...
Requirements
- Intel
- Mac OS X 10.6 or later
- 64-bit processor
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Fluid gives your favorite web apps a home on your Mac OS X Desktop.
Are you a Gmail, Facebook, Campfire or an 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 web apps 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.
Are you a Gmail, Facebook, Campfire or an 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 web apps 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.
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Ajpa reviewed on 05 Jan 2012
If a Fluid app is running when I launch Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or similar, the short commands for zoom (⌘+space) and hand/move (space) does not work in the Adobe applications. But if I restart the Fluid app, the commands work again instantly. And after the restart of Fluid both applications are running fine.
Fluid app also blocks my Typinator abbreviations. Suddenly Typinator stops working. But after a restart of the Fluid app, Typinator works fine again.
What is it Fluid app is doing that causes it to block key features in other applications?
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Davedgd reviewed on 01 Oct 2011
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iLeopard reviewed on 22 Sep 2011
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"Fluid is FREE. You can download Fluid for FREE and create as many Fluid Apps as you like.
"However, for $4.99, you can purchase a Fluid License which unlocks a few extra features:
" Create Fluid Apps with Separate Cookie Storage. (Preferences → Security → Cookie Storage)
" Pin Fluid Apps to the Mac OS X Status Bar. (Fluid App Menu → Pin to Status Bar…)
" Use Userscripts or Userstyles in your Fluid Apps. (Window → Userscripts)
" Use Lion Full Screen mode in your Fluid Apps. (View → Enter Full Screen)"
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Tekl reviewed on 26 Aug 2011
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See http://www.macosxautomation.com/lion/websitepopup/index.html
For Leopard and Snow Leopard, see
http://mac101.net/content/how-to/automator-creating-services-in-snow-leopard/
Fluid does offer some additional features but many people probably do not need them.
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Simty reviewed on 06 Jul 2011
Possible enhancement:
Being able to make cross-platform apps would be an amazing enhancement although it may very well be impossible.
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However, for $4.99, you can purchase a Fluid License which unlocks a few extra features:
2. Pin Fluid Apps to the Mac OS X Status Bar. (Fluid App Menu → Pin to Status Bar…)
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Version 1.2 has been released.
psroy reviewed on 28 Jun 2011
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That just seems rather dodgy to me...
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Mlbkxbx reviewed on 19 May 2011
No, but seriously, i was searching for a facebook notification/browser app. Most of them live in the menubar, and run some crappy version of the touch UI of facebook, with varying degrees of sucess. Then i read about fluid, and userscripts. Userscripts in fluid is apparently only for licenced users unless i'm mistaken, but still, facebook badges is supported right-out-of-the box with the few scripts that are included by default. So for my uses, it's absolutely perfect.
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Also, the contextual (right-click) menu seems to be missing some items such as "open image in new tab" etc. I feel like this version is a step down from the beta.
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I first updated the Reader app made by Fluid, and then tried deleting that app and then creating a new app using the 0.4 version of Fluid. Still does not get rid of the unread badge after reading items.
creativeboulder rated on 03 Sep 2011
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Wikno rated on 25 Jun 2011
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poobard rated on 01 May 2011
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Emrys0821 rated on 17 Jan 2011