Yesterday I wrote this post about MPlayer OS X Extended and many people in the comments and on Twitter told me I was wrong, that there was another alternative to VLC, and it wasn’t the app I talked about. It’s always a great thing when you guys suggest me new apps to try and write about.
The app is called Movist, is hosted (again) on Google Code and it’s media player for Mac OS X based on Quicktime and FFMpeg.
Iconlicious.com, the joint venture of the graphic designers Marcelo Marfil and Emanuel Sà (I interviewed both, here and here), is finally online and public.
As you can read in the About page of the website “Iconlicious has worked in the past years with companies such as AppZapper, Bohemian Coding, Droplr, Embraceware, Phantom Fish, Sophiestication, Taptivate and Vemedio”, developers of the most beautiful apps I’ve ever reviewed on MacStories.
Iconlicious features some amazing freebies ready to download, a sneak preview of an upcoming app by BohemianCoding (which is gonna be great) and a giveaway of software to celebrate the official launch. Just head over the giveaway page and follow the rules.
Congratulations Iconlicious, we’re looking forward to your future works.
“If one man can do it so easy, start thinking how media can manipulate news.”
You probably already know that I like very much writing about cool modifications for Mac and iPhone. I usually find them on Ember, Iconpaper and MacThemes, three websites you should definitely check out if you’re into graphical customizations like me.
Today’s mod is called Inset (link to MacThemes post, link to author’s website) and it will install an alternate style for your dock (when in 2D), dock menus (right click on dock icons), exposè highlight, Stacks and Adium Contact List.
Mac users are lucky. We get all kinds of toys to play with if we ever want to take screenshots, with Littlesnapper and Skitch coming to mind as the two most prominent apps available. Techsmith, the same guys who make Camtasia Studio, felt that there was room for one more. And I must admit it’s really pretty (I’m a sucker for eye-candy).
I use VLC as my media player of choice on my Mac. Although Quicktime is a great app which provides a good dose of eye candy as well, VLC is compatible with almost every format out of the box - without the need of installing any additional plugin.
It’s simple, it’s straightforward and it becomes beautiful if you apply the Blackpearl mod. But today I’d like to talk about the new kid on the block of media players for Mac, MPlayer.
Now it’s definitely a must have. Go download.
Nik Fletcher nails it in his latest blog post:
“Yes, it’s an entirely prescriptive way of computing - one that the hackers, tinkerers and geeks will find alien and protest about its lack of openness. But here’s the thing: for the people who the iPad is aimed at it really doesn’t matter that this experience is prescriptive - and the more you look at the decisions Apple seem to have made in building the software on the device, the more you realise that the iPad is perhaps the first high-technology product ready for - and entirely aimed at - a mainstream audience right from the get-go.”
Thanks everyone for the comments on the Rocketbox review & giveaway. Also, I’d like to thank Matt Ronge of Central Atomics for the 10 licenses he gave to MacStories.
Here are the names of the winners:
Tony Martinez
Nguyen
Toon
Xendo
Rico Gasser
Jono
Tim Steinbach
Fabio
Miša
Shadowchaser
You’ll receive the license in your inbox in a few hours. Also, don’t get forget that we have a Touchpad giveaway up and running.
Cheers!
