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Flow goes 1.0

by Cory Bohon Apr 6th 2008 at 9:30PM


Flow, a pleasant FTP client for the Mac, has definitely come a long way since we last took a look at it (so very long ago). Flow just hit version 1.0, and here are some of the new features:
  • QuickLook
  • Built-in editor
  • FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, .Mac, and local FTP
  • Droplets to upload quickly
Flow is designed specifically for Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5). Flow costs just $29; you can also download a free 15-day trial version then buy a license. I am an adamant Transmit/Panic addict; however, Flow has such a great Aqua-licious UI and feature list, that I may make the jump (sorry Panic guys).

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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Paul Bryan

Personally I prefer YummyFTP. I've found it to be one of the most configurable FTP clients on the Mac. Also the support's pretty good too with the developer answering queries quickly. It's pretty much all I need to keep my small web-site up-to-date.

April 07 2008 at 5:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Chris Newton

My business partner and I both prefer YummyFTP as well. Transmit seems to choke from time to time when uploading thousands of files at one go (like a web-based application.) Other than that YummyFTP and Transmit are pretty much the same as far as features go, except for the useless upload widget Transmit has. :-)

April 08 2008 at 9:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joshua

+ QuickLook integration
+ Slick UI
+ Faster than CyberDuck
- No hierachical list or Column view?!? CyberDuck even has that.

Not getting it until they get Column or a better list view.

April 07 2008 at 3:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
IntlDistiMan

I don't see how anyone can complain about "the lack" of a free product in any category. On both Mac & Windows OS' there are a plethora of free, free to try, inexpensive & expensive solutions to needs. But anytime a developer spends his time to make something, he ought to be able to charge whatever the market will bear ... very simple. The "little" Mac apps & utilities like Transmit & AppZapper & Picturesque and so many more are elegant, functional and easy to use (for what is some pretty sophisticated functions under the hood). So buy them and enjoy!

April 07 2008 at 12:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Shane Lloyd

Great. I'm always looking for good FTP clients, although Transmit is pretty hard to beat.

April 07 2008 at 11:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Peat

Transmit and Coda DO have a resume feature, and Transmit has a cue/batch window, and droplets, and Amazon support, etc.

The only thing I wish Coda had is a way to access different folders in a site quickly. I have to go back and forth on the server to different folders. Thank God for the publish function as you can click a local folder and publish it to the same location on the server, but when you're dealing with something like Joomla which has images for the template and images for the stories, it sure would be nice to be able to jump to either (or have both in a double pane window) so you don't have to continually navigate back and forth between folders.

April 07 2008 at 10:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John

Has no one noticed that this FTP client does not resume downloads but instead erases what you have and starts a new file?!

That is a real deal breaker for me.

Other missing feature is que / batch download editing.

Their only 'feature' is their slick interface. Come on, it's an FTP client...aka a utility, not a painting!

April 07 2008 at 9:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mark

The windows FTP apps walk all over mac FTP apps. Transmit or cyberduck is like a kiddies app compared to SamrtFTP or FTPVoyager on windows platform.

Nobody developing FTP for mac understands the needs of people who manage large sites every day. None of these mac FTP apps cut it where it count.

April 07 2008 at 6:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Welly

If you're managing large sites daily, then you really shouldn't be using FTP. Surely, you should be a. using SSH, and b. using some kind of deployment tool such as capistrano or a custom tool you've built yourself. Managing and deploying large sites using FTP is a dangerous thing to do. Obviously your definition of "large" is very different to mine.

April 07 2008 at 2:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jxn

I wrote a review on Flow, too.

And I have some licenses to give away at macnifying.com

April 07 2008 at 5:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Simon Arch

I'd be a lot more impressed if WebDAV actually WORKED.

April 07 2008 at 3:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Peter Payne

My money is on Transmit. It's the best darn thing out there. Get it instead of this.

April 07 2008 at 2:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Simon Arch

Amen. It's the golden standard.

April 07 2008 at 3:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mr. O

Thirded. Transmit FTW...we're just watching apps like this jostle for second place.

April 07 2008 at 5:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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