@chriseyin Hey there, developer of Fluid here. First, thanks! Also: Fluid doesn't use Safari, but it *does* use the same rendering engine (WebKit from Apple). Fluid uses the version of WebKit installed on your Mac – the same version of WebKit used by Safari. So Fluid will always be using the latest stable version of WebKit, just like Safari. No need to update Fluid for this.
My favourite use case: Fluid + Trello
Takes Trello out of your normal browser (amongst 14 tabs and 3 windows), and gives it it's own spot in your dock.
@ryangum downside of using fluid with trello is losing all the functionality provided the many extensions out there (ultimello & add to trell - my most used). otherwise, I have about a dozen "apps" i sued exclusively with fluid.
@davidchase03 true, this is an oldie but surprisingly a lot of people don't know about Fluid. It's used often for creating a "gmail app" to separate personal and work emails more easily.
@rrhoover had no idea this existed so very glad @KEVINgotbounce posted this. This is why I come to Product Hunt, I have a problem and nearly 99% of the time there's a product here that solves it (even older ones). Just the other day I had SoundCloud up and running in one of my 10+ Chrome tabs and really wished there was an OS X app for it as I tend to have an itchy CMD+W finger. Easiest $4.99 I've spent this week.
This app (these apps) get even better when you pair it with Choosy, a default browser app that hijacks every URL, and sends certain URL patterns to specific browsers.
Because of that, I have a fluid app for almost every single web app that use on a weekly basis (angellist, dashboard.io, ello, gcal, growthhackers, hackernews, hackpad, inbound, intercom, launchticker, linkedin, mattermark, medium, pivotal, producthunt, quibb, relateIQ, trello, etc.) Any any link I click in any other app or browser that goes to any of those pages, opens in that specific browser.
Which also means that I only have 2 or 3 tabs open in my browser at any time. ;)
This used to be one of my most used apps, still is to some extent, I use it for some web apps. But very unfortunately the dev abandoned it. Although the website says nothing of the fact, I think just one update was posted for the last couple of years and several emails with support questions / request remained ignored.
Pros:
Super useful app, can wrap many webapps, very easy to use, very stable
Cons:
Abandonware, (almost) no updates, dev ignores emails from paid customer
If you're willing to spend the $5 for the premium version of the app, I love being able to pin apps to the status bar and editing the CSS for certain apps so I can control the visual look and feel. Highly recommend it.
one app; that gives you the feeling of a nativ OSX app for each webpage you use, freedom of multitasking and extremely resource preservative. Who needs thanksgiving if you can download Fluid. @Fluid, many many thanks on a daily base actually.
Pros:
everything about the simplicity
Cons:
I did try hard, very hard, there is nooooothing out-there to outrun Fluid...
Love Fluid. Long time user and evangelist. :)
@itod Is there a way to disable/enable swipe to go back on a per-app basis?
Also, would love it if it shared cookies/session states with Safari, or at least used it's password autocomplete...
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Vintage
OurMix
Teachable
Product Hunt
This used to be one of my most used apps, still is to some extent, I use it for some web apps. But very unfortunately the dev abandoned it. Although the website says nothing of the fact, I think just one update was posted for the last couple of years and several emails with support questions / request remained ignored.
Pros:Super useful app, can wrap many webapps, very easy to use, very stable
Cons:Abandonware, (almost) no updates, dev ignores emails from paid customer
Litmus
one app; that gives you the feeling of a nativ OSX app for each webpage you use, freedom of multitasking and extremely resource preservative. Who needs thanksgiving if you can download Fluid. @Fluid, many many thanks on a daily base actually.
Pros:everything about the simplicity
Cons:I did try hard, very hard, there is nooooothing out-there to outrun Fluid...
I always return to Fluid - recently, I tried to find a suitable Twitter Mac Client and in the end, nothing was better than a Fluid shell.
I use it for FB Messenger, as Goofy had many problems. Medium, Bandcamp & Instagram work too.
Pros:Turn any web app into a desktop app
Cons:Some web apps like Google Sheets are too much for Fluid to run :(
Turfly
The Prayer Page
Hacking UI
I use it to build an app link on my desktop for websites I use frequently
Pros:Very easy to use
Cons:Lack of new features