Comments on: Run FreshBooks like a desktop app with Prism

By: Houston

Houston — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:04:34 +0000

I’m using Fluid to have my own FreshBooks app. It’s working well and fine but does anyone know how to set it to remember my username and password?

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:33:30 +0000

Just a quick note on sessions in Fluid. I had the same issue, it seemed like I was always logging in. What I found out was when you hit the red (X) to “close” the window it ends your session. To fix this you have to go to preferences > behavior > closing the last browser window — make sure this is checked.

That way when you impulsively “close” the window you are not logged out. It keeps you right where you left off.

By: Aaron Adams

Aaron Adams — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:51:55 +0000

Darcy, I think the sessions last somewhere around 12 hours. They are tied to a browser session, so if you quit the browser, your FreshBooks session does end as well; if you’re not closing your browser and you’re seeing sessions end, though, you’ll want to take a look at your security settings and make sure they’re set to the defaults.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:49:56 +0000

Aaron Adams: FreshBooks sessions last a lot longer than two minutes, I can tell you that for sure.

What ever it is, it doesn’t seem much more than 2 minutes. I think I logged in to the site over a dozen times yesterday (granted its not like that everyday…).

That by far is the most frustrating thing for me. Would be great for a way to set it to be long in a preference if people choose to do so. (I realize that feature wouldn’t be for everyone).

Cheers

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:33:17 +0000

Wow! Thanks Rich. I had problems with Prism, but tired fluid and it seems to work great. Thanks J! Either way I believe this continues to validate the approach Freshbooks has taken.

By: Rich Lafferty

Rich Lafferty — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:35:55 +0000

J: Nice! Thanks for the pointer.

By: J

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:54:56 +0000

For the mac users out there, check out Fluid.

http://fluidapp.com/

Its a similar beast, but uses WebKit (Safari’s core) to accomplish the same goal. You get a nice .app in your Applications directory that brings up a single web site. In my limited experience, it works pretty well.

By: Aaron Adams

Aaron Adams — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:49:40 +0000

Keith: FreshBooks sessions last a lot longer than two minutes, I can tell you that for sure.

Eric: In a word? No.

Personally, I’m not a huge fan of Adobe Air so far; I’m running eBay Desktop at home, and I’m a bit put off by the interface. Or rather, lack thereof. An application should feel at home in its host OS; so, for instance, an OS X application should not not not include a preference for “display icon in system tray.”

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:46:14 +0000

Now if only Freshbook didn’t make you log in after 2 minutes of inactivity or however long sessions timeout.

By: Eric Fleming

Eric Fleming — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:30:35 +0000

Have you thought about building an Adobe Air app? I have built a few so far and they are super easy and run like a desktop app complete with drag and drop and everything.