It’s not a big update — just three issues fixed:

• [Fixed] Crasher when dragging files between tabs and windows.
• [Fixed] Crasher when merging windows.
• [Fixed] Issue where transfers occurring between two tabs could appear as “Pending” but actually transfer.

We’re releasing this update so soon after 1.3.3 because we’re about to start work on Flow 1.4 — which, let me tell you, you’re gonna love. Seriously.

Until then!,
@extendmac.

Why so excited over a bug-fix release? Here’s why: This release addresses all of our major, known crashers. In other words, it’s a dramatic increase in stability.

The enhancements delivered in this update are as follows:

• [Fixed] Largest known Flow crasher, related to connections disconnecting.
• [Fixed] Second largest known crasher, related to the tab-bar.
• [Fixed] Issue where a crash could occur when dragging bookmarks around.
• [Fixed] Issue where Flow could crash because shared machines disappeared from the network before their icon was discovered.
• [Fixed] Issue where Flow could crash when previewing a file that was modified in the editor.
• [Fixed] Issue where SFTP connections didn’t report failed connections immediately.
• [Fixed] Issue where creating a new bookmark folder didn’t automatically select and edit its name.
• [Fixed] Issue with pending transfers that never appear to finish.
• [Fixed] Issue where “Show Connection Transcript” did nothing while the transfers view was visible.
• [Fixed] Issue where new folders and files were created in the selected directory in list-view.
• [Fixed] Issue where some files could be “unselected” while deleting items.
• [Fixed] Issue where the selection in the local view could change because of certain key-downs in the remote view.
• [Fixed] Issues relating to file-drags between tabs.

As usual, if you encounter any issues while using Flow, or just want to send us some feedback, we’d love to hear from you!

All the best,
Brian and Irving

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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)

• 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.