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30 Web Apps You Should Turn into Mac Apps with Fluid

We’re surrounded by web apps. That’s a given. Since the beginning of the web 2.0 era, we started collecting logins, passwords, subscriptions..I mean, who on earth hasn’t ever heard of  Gmail? My dad (yeah, I always choose him as my example) has a Gmail account.

But, there’s a problem: have you realized how much visual space do all these web apps steal from your browser window? I tell you: a lot. Mail + Facebook + Google Reader + Digg + Last.fm (pretty popular services almost everyone uses) are 5 open tabs in your browser. And if you have an horizontal tabs layout, you know that five tabs are too much.

But remember, we are Mac users, couldn’t there be a solution? Sure!

If you daily use a lot of web apps, Fluid.app will make your lives easier. With Fluid you can create SSB, Site Specific Browsers.

Put simply, you can turn a webapp into a desktop application that will run into your dock.

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9 Beta Apps for Mac You Should Definitely Check Out

If you’re a heavy, aficionado Mac user, it’s very likely that you’re totally into discovering beta apps. They could be public or invite-only apps, or even teaser websites: you just want to discover new stuff before anyone else.

I’ve collected 9 of the most anticipated beta apps websites in this post, hope this will help you.

Enjoy!

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Roundup: 40+ Twitter Clients and Utilities for Mac

As you may have understood reading MacStories, I’m in love with Twitter (I’m @storiesofmac) For this reason, I’m always searching for the best client around, hoping to find “that new one” which integrates all the features I would like to see in a Twitter app: slick UI, multi-timelines support, Growl, hashtags, url shortening and so on..

To help you in finding the best Twitter client around, here’s a list of 40 Twitter clients for your Mac. To download them, simply click on the link.

Obviously, I haven’t tested all of these apps, but I’m planning to write in-depth reviews for many of them.

Enjoy! :)

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25 Best Bookmarklets for Firefox, Safari and Opera

Bookmarklets are small javascript scripts that can be saved as in a normal bookmark, you just have to drag & drop them in the bookmarks toolbar, either if you use Safari, Firefox or Opera.

Here’s a list of top 25 bookmarklets I found really,really useful.

Just drag them to your toolbar to start using them!

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Roundup: The Ultimate Mac Browsers List of 2009

As Web 3.0 is  becoming reality, browsers are gaining a great importance: browsers are our first interface, the one we use every single day to explore the Web.

2008 has been a great year for the so-called Browser War: back in September, when Google launched Chrome, its official browser, there was a very interesting debate wether Firefox was still “the best alternative browser” (Internet Explorer is the most used browser, until now)  which saw the community split in three: Firefox, Chrome and Safari, our native Mac browser.

Despite these three big names, there are dozens of less known apps, surely worth a try, which I’d like to talk about .

So, here’s MacStories Mac Browsers Roundup, May 2009 Edition.
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Roundup: 15 App Store Sales Tracking Apps, Utilities and Services

The AppStore changed Digital Delivery world: while the AppStore is a great service to consumers (daily releases, updates) it represents a huge source of revenue as well for small/big  developers.

So, let’s focus on developers: how can they organize their iTunes Connect sales reports? Is there a software which helps tracking app sales? Sure, more than one indeed.

In this roundup I’ve collected 15 of the best softwares to manage iTunes Connect data. If you know more, I’d love to hear about it in the comments.

Enjoy!

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Testing things→

Luc Vandal:

You see, we independent developers rarely get any positive feedback. A lot of it is composed of bad reviews (that are actually support or feature requests) with the occasional pat on the back. I’m also a consumer and, like most of you, I rarely take the time to write a review for apps I use daily. I’m also guilty of leaving bad reviews that may not have been deserved or didn’t bother to contact the developer first. With over one million apps on the App Store, it’s getting harder and harder to have your app stand out in such a crowded market.

This is a good idea. Most people don’t know how positive ratings and reviews can help in the App Store. The fact that users tend to publicly point out the things they don’t like rather than describe the ones they enjoy doesn’t help either. If apps make your personal life or work even just a little better every day, consider using 10 minutes of your time to rate them on the App Store. If you have more detailed feedback or feature requests, send an email to the developers directly. I know what I’m doing tonight. So good.

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