Flow has been in the works since the days of OS X Tiger, but the freshly released version takes things up a notch with a slick UI and a feature set that takes advantage of the power of Leopard. Flow is an FTP client, a text editor with a useful live preview feature, and a bookmark generator for drag-and-drop uploading. Add tabbed navigation and phenomenal ease-of-use, and it's got everything we want out of a new Leopard app,
Flow does have some neat extras, but first and foremost, it's an FTP client. When we tested it, it smoothly handled multiple connections to FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and even the often-criticized .mac service. The only thing we would have changed about the interface: a "recent connections" button or menu item would be nice. The bookmark button in Flow is easy to find, but sometimes we just forget to use it. Speaking of bookmarks, Flow has a unique feature that lets you save any bookmark as a droplet - a tiny app that quickly uploads anything you drop on it, without even opening Flow itself.
Once you've got some files on the server, Flow really sets itself apart from other FTP apps. You can edit your html and css files on the fly, and watch the results in a live preview. This is amazingly powerful, and saves a lot of time when you just need to make a quick change. Forgot to close an html tag? Don't bother uploading a new copy of the file, just edit it in Flow! It even supports Quick Look, so you can preview images right on the server.
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4-06-2008 @ 12:28PM
Jackson said...
I just did a review on Flow over at macnifying.com
I also have some licenses to giveaway.
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4-06-2008 @ 3:05PM
Mark Dean said...
Look, enough of the Mac posts, this is enough for one week.
TUAW does quite a good job at covering the mac posts, go get a job for them instead.
Peace out
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4-06-2008 @ 3:20PM
Raymond said...
This is a download for OS X. What's wrong with posting it here? This site doesn't specifically cover certain operating systems. A download is a download - doesn't matter what OS it's for.
4-06-2008 @ 6:09PM
Josh said...
@Mark Dean: Download Squad. Not a single mention of Windows or Mac or Linux or anything else in the title. If it is software, they are gonna cover it. I like how they are branching out a bit more with covering more tech company related things, though.
And does anyone know how this compares to CyberDuck? Also... does it let you copy the freaking URL from the app or do I still have to go and find it in my directories? =\
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4-06-2008 @ 6:16PM
Jay Hathaway said...
Thanks for making that point, Josh! We cover software on all platforms, because our readers use all of them.
Flow does let you copy web-accessible URLs! You can put in the base URL of your server as part of the bookmark, and Flow uses that to determine the URL for copying. It's a really convenient feature.
4-06-2008 @ 6:24PM
Josh said...
@Jay Hathaway:
You're welcome. And that is really nice. It's the only flaw in CyberDuck in my opinion so I will definitely be checking this out.
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