Flow Impressions
Flow is an upcoming FTP app for Mac OS X. Currently in a private beta, with a public beta coming sometime soon.
Flow is a brand-new remote connection client. It aims to bring FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, WebDAV HTTPS, and .Mac to new levels with a combination of tried and true paradigms, and clever new concepts, like Auto URL Copying, among others. But Flow isn’t just a remote connection client. It’s also a powerful web-editor — without the bloat you see in other products which all too often seem to mangle the two together…
Will, of MacApper, is part of the beta testing, and writes about what he thinks of Flow so far.
The interface is simple and intuitive for an FTP client; everything works just like the way it looks. Although the icons could be slightly prettier, I’m not complaining, given the beautiful “Mac look”. Thumbs up to the Flow team for more great design.
Like any other respectable FTP client out there, Flow supports bookmarks. There’s not much to say here, apart from the fact that they’re really easy to use. Create a bookmark and the address shows up in the sidebar. From then on it’s one click to connect and edit the files.Flow is fast too; it may not be much different compared to the competition, but like I said I’m not that experienced with this stuff. However, I’ve noticed that it is not noticeably slower than Transmit, Cyberduck, or Yummy FTP.
I’m waiting for a chance to try this out, and see how good it really is.
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