Fluid lets you create a Site Specific Browser (SSB) out of any website
or web application, effectively turning your favorite web apps into OS
X desktop apps. It is very similar in nature to Prism (formerly
WebRunner) by Mozilla Labs. However SSBs created by Fluid are true,
native OS X applications offering seamless integration into the Mac
OS, complete with Dock icon, standard menu bar, logical separation
from your other web browsing activity, and many, many other goodies.
Anytime you click a link to another site in an SSB, the link is opened
in your system default web browser, keeping your SSB dedicated to the
original site you've specified. SSBs provide a solution to browser
crashes or other WebApp woes. (Adapted from the author?s description)
Fluid was originally written for Leopard and released as v. 0.1 in
2007. It is not available for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or earlier. The
download (v. 0.9.6) is latest version compatible with Leopard. More
information can be found on the [old developer web site][1] via the
Wayback Machine.
The application was completely rewritten in 2011 with v. 1.0 for Snow
Leopard and above as a 64-bit Intel-only application. [Version
1.8.4][2] is the latest version for Snow Leopard as a minimum,
released in 2015. The [current release][3] is compatible with Mac OS X
10.7 or later. Fluid is free but purchasing a license unlocks a few
extra features.
Compatibility
Architecture: PPC x86 (Intel:Mac)
[1]:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090321155529/http://www.fluidapp.com:80/
[2]:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150801131925/http://fluidapp.com/
[3]:
http://fluidapp.com/