I’m happy to announce that Flow 1.2.6 is now available. Version 1.2.6 is a free and recommended update for all users of Flow.

The update is available via in-app software update and via direct download. If you’re interested in reading the full release notes, you can do so here (opens in new window).

A few highlights from the release notes:

• [Fixed] Issue where bookmarks would have blank names.
• [Fixed] Issue where bookmarks would not persistently save information.
• [Fixed] Issue where “Connect” toolbar button would become unusable.

As previously mentioned, we’re hard at work to both internationalize and localize Flow, for version 1.3 and beyond. If you’re interested in providing a localization, let us know in the comments, if you haven’t already.

-Brian.

Wow. I knew our customers were awesome, but you guys really came through and proved it yesterday.

If you’ve been under a rock lately, yesterday (January 20th) over a hundred independent software developers came together to support Haitian relief funds. Extendmac participated, donating 100% of January 20th’s revenue to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

We’re not going to provide exact figures for privacy/competitive reasons, but let it be said that the order of magnitude of Extendmac’s donation (thanks to you!) was on the order of thousands, not hundreds. Incredible!

You guys have demonstrated — once again — that when we see our common humanity in others, derisive political lines disappear, and we come together as citizens of the world to do the right thing. Thank you.

-Brian.

Extendmac Customers and Flow Users,

As I’m sure you are aware, on January 12th Haiti was hit with a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, wreaking nothing short of complete havoc on their country and people.

Through Haiti’s suffering, we can see just how fragile our lives and way of living really are — and we are reminded of our shared humanity.

Consequently, Extendmac (and myself) are doing what we can do bring relief to Haiti and its people. On Wednesday, January 20th, all proceeds from sales of Flow will be donated directly to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund:

Through the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, we will work to provide immediate relief and long-term support to earthquake survivors. We will channel the collective goodwill around the globe to help the people of Haiti rebuild their cities, their neighborhoods, and their families

Extendmac is one of many independent software developers participating in the Indie+Relief event:

As a concerned citizen of the world myself, I urge you to do what you can to help those in need. Whether that be a separate donation to a relief fund, or participation in the Indie+Relief event on Wednesday (January 20th), the people of Haiti need you now more than ever.

Thank you,
Brian Amerige.

I’m happy to announce that Flow 1.2.4 has been released. Version 1.2.4 is a free and recommended update for all users of Flow.

The update is available via in-app software update and via direct download. If you’re interested in reading the full release notes, you can do so here (opens in new window).

A few highlights from the release notes:

• Entirely rewritten bookmarking subsystem. Your bookmarks will automatically be transitioned to the new system upon first launch.
• Droplets have been entirely rewritten, too. They now have a cleaner UI and are substantially more stable.
• The “Shared” bookmarks and servers under Flow’s bookmarks list now have an accurate icon depending on what type of Mac they represent.

All the best (and happy new year!),
Brian.

As we’re wrapping up development of Flow 1.2.4, we’d like to begin the process of localizing Flow for the next feature release, version 1.3.

If you’d like to see Flow localized in a particular language, leave a note in the comments letting us know which language you’d like to see.

If you’re interested in helping us out with localizations, state it in your comment, and be sure to fill in the “e-mail address” field, too.

Thanks!

Flow 1.2.1 is now available via Flow’s software update and direct download.

As a maintenance / bug-fix release, 1.2.1 ties some loose ends for the newly launched Snow Leopard, and fixes a handful of other reported issues. View the full release notes here (opens in new window).

While Extendmac strongly recommends upgrading to Snow Leopard for the most polished computing experience, Flow will continue to support Mac OS X Leopard until the next major release of Flow, version 2.0.

I’m excited to say that the next feature-release of Flow, version 1.2, is just around the corner. Lots has changed in Flow 1.2, so we’re looking to get a small group of users to test the heck out of the beta release:

If you’d like to be part of the beta, send an e-mail to prerelease@extendmac.com. Be sure to include what connection protocol you use most (FTP, SFTP, etc.). Be aware that if we invite you to test Flow 1.2, we expect to receive feedback!

If you’re selected for the beta, we’ll let you know via e-mail. Detailed information about what’s changed in 1.2 will also be sent.

Thanks in advance!

(EDIT 08/08/09: Users selected to participate in the Flow 1.2 beta process have been sent e-mails.)

(EDIT 08/09/09: Flow 1.2 Beta 1 sent to beta users!)

(EDIT 08/11/09: Beta 2 sent out)

(EDIT 08/14/09: Beta 3 sent out)

(EDIT 08/17/09: Beta 4 sent out)

(EDIT 08/19/09: Release Candidate 1 sent out)

(EDIT 08/21/09: Release Candidate 2 sent out)

Flow 1.1.2 is right around the corner, and includes a bunch of really important bug-fixes. Notably:

• Uploading and downloading directories is dramatically more efficient (in terms of CPU usage).
• Uploading/downloading directories, and navigating a heavily nested directory hierarchy via FTP will no longer fail when the path-lengths become arbitrarily long.
• The local-view now keeps itself alphabetically sorted, always.

The first two changes are big ones, so we’d really appreciate it if you’d try out 1.1.2, and let us know how it goes, either by commenting on this post, or by sending us a message.

Click here to download 1.1.2.

I’m excited to announce that Flow 1.1.1 is now available! The changes are as follows:

• We now allow browsing of disks other than the startup disk in the local view.
• Fixed memory leak related to local-browsing.
• Better local-browsing performance.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip of a transfer could be blank.
• Fixed an issue with SFTP command-queueing.
• Fixed an issue with servers which require login before we can ask for server-features.
• More fixes for Sparkle updating.
• Fix for excessive CPU-usage while browsing in the LocalView, in certain circumstances.
• Fixes for WebDAV, MobileMe iDisk, and Amazon S3.
• Fixed issue where software-update preferences didn’t take effect.
• When moving “up” a directory hierarchy (i.e., moving from a child directory to its parent), we now maintain the selection the same way the Finder does — that is, we select the child we came from.

If you’ve already got a copy of Flow, click “Check for Updates” from the “Flow” menu, sit back, and enjoy. If you’re new to Flow and just found your way here somewhat randomly, do yourself a favor and check it out. You’ll be glad you did.

You’ll be hearing from us soon, so stay tuned. ;-]

-Brian & Olivier.