<![CDATA[WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers)]]>WARNING! If you have already installed "Flux.app" application (a web design app from The Escapers) on your Mac, you definitely need to rename this "Flux.app" in "F.lux.app". Otherwise, "Flux" (F.lux) overwrite and erase "Flux" (from The Escapers).

By the way, F.lux is a great application. Deep congrats to the team!

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/topic/2381/warning-flux-and-flux-from-the-escapersRSS for NodeWed, 15 Apr 2026 00:09:19 GMTThu, 24 Mar 2016 13:35:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Mon, 04 Sep 2017 17:17:49 GMT]]>Locking / resolving thread, if you need to use both programs, please put one in a subfolder.

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15285https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15285Mon, 04 Sep 2017 17:17:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:19:48 GMT]]>@lorna said in WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers):

@TwoCables we get asked for all kinds of things ¯\ _ (ツ) _ /¯

Yeah, I've noticed. :)

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15268https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15268Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:19:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:14:37 GMT]]>@TwoCables we get asked for all kinds of things ¯\ _ (ツ) _ /¯

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15267https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15267Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:14:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:53:01 GMT]]>Yes, a subfolder will fix it, for people who want to use both programs.

I do not recommend renaming, either bundle names or company names. :)

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15266https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15266Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:53:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:14:27 GMT]]>@herf said in WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers):

I think it would be a good idea to put one or the other in a sub-folder. But renaming is a bad idea because then updates will fail.

They're asking you to change the name of your program.

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15264https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15264Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:14:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:09:58 GMT]]>I think it would be a good idea to put one or the other in a sub-folder. But renaming is a bad idea because then updates will fail.

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15263https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15263Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:09:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:04:57 GMT]]>F.lux is a long-established name, years before Flux. So if anyone should change their name, it's The Escapers. I don't think it's fair to want the name "f.lux" to be changed. I also don't think it's a good idea since it has been around now for a very long time.

Imagine you are a developer of some program that becomes extremely popular and 10+ years later a new program comes along with an extremely similar name and it causes problems and then many of your users ask you to change the name of your program! F.lux was here first.

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15261https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15261Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:04:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Sun, 03 Sep 2017 19:36:38 GMT]]>Although you have been using this product name for longer than the other guys, I think it would benefit your users to rename it. It is very annoying when updates overwrite each other back and forth. As an end user, I get annoyed dealing with this. I like both apps for their respective functionalities. I agree you have the right of precedence; however, you might show your great magnanimity by renaming to help the end-user and highlight the other guy's folly. I have already complained to the other company.

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15258https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15258Sun, 03 Sep 2017 19:36:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Sat, 26 Mar 2016 01:55:52 GMT]]>@lorna said:

I wouldn't recommend renaming our app since our updater will most likely overwrite whatever you have in that space anyway.

You're right. So I'll store the other app (the younger one 😉 ) in a subfolder.

Have a nice weekend!

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/8529https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/8529Sat, 26 Mar 2016 01:55:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:53:45 GMT]]>I wouldn't recommend renaming our app since our updater will most likely overwrite whatever you have in that space anyway. f.lux has been using Flux.app since 2009, regrettably sometimes there are name collisions like this.

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/8517https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/8517Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:53:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Fri, 25 Mar 2016 05:45:48 GMT]]>Click on the links and you'll understand what I tried to explain, ghost27. As you certainly know, the OS X Applications folder doesn't allow to have two applications with the same name.
That's why... ;-)

Note: for your information, The Escapers are a Mac software development team. They make Flux (a kind of DreamWeaver killer for the Mac) since 2012.

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/8511https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/8511Fri, 25 Mar 2016 05:45:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WARNING! : Flux and... Flux (from The Escapers) on Fri, 25 Mar 2016 01:40:34 GMT]]>So why do we have to do what you are stating? What are the harmful affects and what are the Escapers?

]]>https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/8510https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/8510Fri, 25 Mar 2016 01:40:34 GMT