Fluid, the app that transforms basic web apps into full on Mac apps, is getting a major update today. Coming in form of a beta, the new update adds a handful of notable changes.The developer announced the Fluid 2.0 beta via a today, noting that the update includes a complete re-write from the ground up with the newer WebKit2 API from Apple. Once it’s released, users will be required to pay $5 for an upgrade, the first paid upgrade since its released 11 years ago. And no, it will not become a subscription based app.Creating a Fluid App out of your favorite website is simple. Enter the website’s URL, provide a name, and optionally choose an icon.
Open the Mac App Store to buy and download apps. Fluid Browser 17+. Mar 29, 2019 Fluid is a site specific browser that effectively allows you to turn any website or web app into a Mac desktop application. This will allow you to launch website as if they were applications with built-in userscripting, userstyles, and wide range of plug-ins and traditional browser features.
Click “Create”, and within seconds your chosen website has a permanent home on your Mac as a real Mac application that appears in your Dock.Fluid is a free app and will always be free, but the $5 upgrade will give users the ability to pin apps to the menubar, create custom scripts, and allow for full screen modes for apps.The beta is available for download.
Fluid for Mac turns your favorite Web sites into Mac apps that you can run as standalone OS X desktop apps. If running Web apps like Facebook, Pandora, or Gmail in a separate tab of your Web browser annoys you, you'll love the practicality of this easy-to-use application. Don't expect it to create iPhone-like apps, though.Once you've installed Fluid for Mac, turning a Web site into a real Mac app is an easy process. Just enter the URL of the site, type a name for the app, choose a location, and an icon, and that's it - no programming knowledge required.
The Web site is transformed into a basic Mac app that you can place in the Dock area and conveniently access without having to run Safari. Click on a newly-created app and it will run in an app window, rather than as a tab in your Web browser. For testing purposes we created a standalone Gmail app for our mail account. It took us less than a minute to create an app and no problems were encountered. The created app was basic, but it provided the same content and features as the Web platform on which it's based. Fluid sets the Web site's default favicon as the icon for your newly-created app, so you may want to choose one that's a bit better quality.
If you stick to the trial version of the app, don't expect too many other options besides the ability to update the information at intervals. In the paid version, however, you will have a few extra features such as the ability to create apps with separate cookie storage - very useful if you want to create separate apps for each of your e-mail or Facebook accounts.Fluid for Mac helps you create a Mac app of a site, not a shortcut. It's a big difference.
Shortcuts still require a Web browser, while real Mac apps don't. Overall, Fluid is an intuitive program, one that you should definitely try out.Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Fluid for Mac 1.7.2. Fluid for Mac turns your favorite Web sites into Mac apps that you can run as standalone OS X desktop apps. If running Web apps like Facebook, Pandora, or Gmail in a separate tab of your Web browser annoys you, you'll love the practicality of this easy-to-use application. Don't expect it to create iPhone-like apps, though.Once you've installed Fluid for Mac, turning a Web site into a real Mac app is an easy process.
Just enter the URL of the site, type a name for the app, choose a location, and an icon, and that's it - no programming knowledge required. The Web site is transformed into a basic Mac app that you can place in the Dock area and conveniently access without having to run Safari. Click on a newly-created app and it will run in an app window, rather than as a tab in your Web browser. For testing purposes we created a standalone Gmail app for our mail account. It took us less than a minute to create an app and no problems were encountered. The created app was basic, but it provided the same content and features as the Web platform on which it's based. Fluid sets the Web site's default favicon as the icon for your newly-created app, so you may want to choose one that's a bit better quality.
If you stick to the trial version of the app, don't expect too many other options besides the ability to update the information at intervals. In the paid version, however, you will have a few extra features such as the ability to create apps with separate cookie storage - very useful if you want to create separate apps for each of your e-mail or Facebook accounts.Fluid for Mac helps you create a Mac app of a site, not a shortcut. It's a big difference.
Shortcuts still require a Web browser, while real Mac apps don't. Overall, Fluid is an intuitive program, one that you should definitely try out.Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Fluid for Mac 1.7.2. Web applications like Gmail, Facebook, Campfire and Pandora are becoming more and more like desktop applications every day. Running each of these web apps in a separate tab in your browser can be a real pain. Fluid lets you create a Real Mac App (or 'Fluid App') out of any website or web application, effectively turning your favorite web apps into OS X desktop apps.Creating a Fluid App out of your favorite website is simple. Enter the website's URL, provide a name, and optionally choose an icon.
Click 'Create', and within seconds your chosen website has a permanent home on your Mac as a real Mac application that appears in your Dock.