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| Fluid | |
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 TheEnglish Wikipedia website displayed in a minimalist -configured site-specific browser window created by Fluid. | |
| Original author | Todd Ditchendorf |
| Initial release | December 9, 2007 (2007-12-09)[1] |
| Written in | Objective-C |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Platform | WebKit,Cocoa |
| Type | Site-specific browser |
| License | Proprietaryfreeware withopen-source components |
| Website | fluidapp |
Fluid is aWebKit2-basedsite-specific browser (SSB) forMac OS X created by Todd Ditchendorf.[2][3] Its originalWebKit-based version was compared toMozilla Prism and mentioned inLifehacker,[4]TechCrunch,[5][6][7] 43 Folders,[8] the37 Signals blog,[9] and onInfoWorld[10] as a way to makeweb applications more like native desktop applications.
On May 1, 2011, Fluid 1.0 was released with a completely new codebase. Fluid Apps created with previous versions of Fluid cannot be updated via software update and SSBs have to be re-created with Fluid 1.0 (to transition to version 1.0 and later).[11] While version 1.0 is still a free app, a Fluid License can be purchased which will unlock extra features (some previously included by default in previous versions). On July 4, 2011, version 1.2 was released and featured compatibility withMac OS X 10.7 Lion.[12]
In July 2018, Fluid underwent another rewrite[13] to take advantage of Apple's newer WebKit2 API with process separation,[14] with the same licensing terms as 1.x versions. Subsequent minor versions restored feature support and added support forDark Mode. The latest version was 2.1.2 which was released in October 2018.[15]
| Basic frameworks | |
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| Site-specific browsers | |
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