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Top Ten Most Beautiful Mac OS X Applications
Top ten lists are all the rage recently and Phillip Ryu gives us a unique one--the top ten most beautiful applications for Mac OS X. He's got a nice write-up and I agree with most of his choices. 10. Transmission
9. Voice Candy
8. Podcast Maker
7. Transmit
6. Quinn
5. AppZapper
4. Acquisition
3. Coverflow
2. Newsfire
1. Delicious Library
I would add to his list RapidWeaver and Comic Life, both programs that have impressed me with their ease-of-use and well-designed user interfaces. What apps would you add in your own top ten list of most beautiful Mac OS X applications?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
P-L Dagenais said 8:13AM on 7-05-2006
Adium, of course.
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Justin T. said 8:17AM on 7-05-2006
Ummm... Quicksilver? I guess the problem might be the modular interface system, but you can't tell me it's UI isn't one of the slickest around, even ignoring the Bezel skin. I mean, he manages to make the trigger preferences and module preference panes sexy. And Constellation? Don't get me started.
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bryan said 8:37AM on 7-05-2006
procastinatr was a pretty beautiful app
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Zac said 8:40AM on 7-05-2006
Colloquy, most likely the nicest, cleanest, most user-intuitive IRC client ever seen.
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Hert Zllner said 8:45AM on 7-05-2006
This list seems to be limited to shareware apps. Why?
That's ok, but "applications" is quite a broad term.
I'm surprised Luxology's modo didn't appear on this list. It has a revolutionary interface that reforms its functionality based on the available sceenspace. It's extremely elegant and beautifull too.
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Michel K. said 8:53AM on 7-05-2006
I second Quicksilver... It's absolutely gorgeous
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harald said 9:17AM on 7-05-2006
adium
textmate
macIrssi
are missing in this list.
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umijin said 10:29AM on 7-05-2006
RAPID WEAVER?!! No way. SandVox hands down is more elegant and user friendly.
I would include QS, Yojimbo, and my recent favorite - Vienna - a free RSS reader.
Heck, even add Preview to this mix. It works and works well.
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andy g. said 10:30AM on 7-05-2006
How about the brand-new 3.0 beta of Yahoo Messenger?
Fantastic look-and-feel, even better than iChat. Who would have thought it possible from Yahoo, a company that has seemed to marginalize Macs lately?
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Becky said 11:11AM on 7-05-2006
It's not out yet, but iClip 4 looks like it's going to be a stunner, based on the screenshots they've released. Also, there's a gorgeous (although rather girly, which is fine with me) solitaire app called Kitty Spangles solitaire that has some of the best use of 3-D cutouts, shadowings, etc that I've seen, plus it scales beautifully. (Both shareware.)
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Jason said 11:48AM on 7-05-2006
WriteRoom. It's simple, but you can't beat the feel of an Apple ][ when you're running in fullscreen mode
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Anndra said 11:58AM on 7-05-2006
Word. :->
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JD said 12:01PM on 7-05-2006
OmniOutliner gets a vote from me.
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Fisher said 12:21PM on 7-05-2006
DiscBlaze. Way better then Toast.
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Jimmy said 1:58PM on 7-05-2006
Wallet, anyone?
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Greg said 3:26PM on 7-05-2006
I will add xTime Project and RapidoWrite from app4mac.com. They really look great
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warrenpeace? said 3:28PM on 7-05-2006
Bits on Wheels! I love the graphical representation of file bits uploading and downloading. My fav Torrent client and most stable.
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Julian Bennett Holmes said 8:02PM on 7-05-2006
adium
quicksilver
colloquy
unison
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Billifer von Raptor said 11:12PM on 7-05-2006
I would add Netflix Freak, the recently released Postino RSS reader (from which I'm posting this comment now), Growl (duh!), and Camino (iffy -- but ultimately another duh!).
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Pierre Bernard said 12:46AM on 7-06-2006
HoudahSpot ( http://www.houdah.com/houdahSpot )
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