When it comes to live streaming on sites such as UStream.tv they make it super simple. Open your browser, point to the camera you want to use and hit start. The problem is that if your browser stalls or if you accidentally command-Q the whole stream is lost. I can not tell you how many stream were either accidentally closed or simply stalled out because I had too much going on in the browser.

NEVER AGAIN! There's a new-ish app that has taken care of all of my woes: Fluid for OS X.

Fluid is a way to run a browser in its own instance. If Safari, Firefox, Flock, etc. lock up your Fluid session remains open. If you close your browser, fluid remains open. It is an incredibly simple solution to a very common problem.

Here's how to make it work:
1 - Download Fluid and drag it to your Applications folder
2 - Launch Fluid
3 - Enter in the URL of the site you want to create your own instance of. I entered in 'www.ustream.tv'
4 - Enter in the name of this new application
5 - Hit create
You'll end up with a new application in your applications directory. In my case it was called 'Ustream'. Double click and a while new app opens with UStream (or your site of choice) in the window.

This was perfect for me. How I have a dock icon for my stream. Once click and I can open up my live stream. I can command-tab to the stream like it was any regular application. In my case I simply put the live stream on a different space along with CamTwist and stream away. No mater what I do in my browser my live stream continues.

Fluid is not limited to just streaming. Create entire apps around GMail, Yahoo! or whatever web site you want. Very cool stuff.

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