Flowdock, the messenger for teams, has been made with some razor bleeding edge technologies. Cassandra in the back end, HTML5 on the front with comet in between. Built to run in the browser, you can use Flowdock on any modern computer. However, there are things some might consider shortcomings when it comes to using Flowdock in the browser. That’s why we’ve provided a new guide for running Flowdock on the desktop as an SSB using Fluid or Prism.

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So, what exactly are the benefits of running Flowdock on the desktop?

Notifications

When used on the desktop, Flowdock uses native desktop notifications to show you what is happening in your flow. This way, you stay up-to-date with no delay.

App of its own

You get a cool Flowdock icon on your desktop, and with Fluid. A cool way of visualizing what you’ve missed, are the unread badges in OS X, which Flowdock supports.