Brian Amerige released a second screencast that tackles real-world use of his new remote connection client, Flow. The more I see, the more anticipation builds up. Alas, Flow is still in a private internal testing stage and public beta likely won’t happen till early April. Still, Brian has given us a few more tidbits of what Flow can do.

The real-world scenario Brian orchestrates features Flow handling multiple files ranging from a sizable music file, along with a WordPress file-set and a few miscellaneous additional files. What’s great is that you can see the upload progress of the entire operation, or drill-down into the individual file uploads and track their process. Flow also uses Growl to display system notifications that alert you once the uploads are complete. Additionally – and this seems to be one of those “well-duh” features that seems to have been skipped by other clients – is that once your file selection is uploaded, the anticipated URL is copied to your clipboard for easy access. Meaning, when your files are available on your server, you can simply open your browser and paste the address in for quick review, or share the address with friends over chat. Brilliant!

I’m still curious about the features of the supposed built-in editor. With my established TextMate setup, I’m not likely to jump ship to Flow’s editor, but I can envision the benefits of having a sufficiently powerful built-in editor for quick fixes. We’ll all just have to wait with baited breath to see if Brian will release a screencast of Flow’s editor before public beta. Here’s to hoping!

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