Today I’m gonna talk about a very particular application, Cram.
Cram is a study and test prep app, perfect for students or people preparing for certifications and tests.
Cram, a Testing App For Mac OS X
Webbla: Visually Organize your Bookmarks.
How many hours have you ever spent looking for that tutorial you know you have bookmarked three months ago?
A lot, I guess. Well, this is beacuse bookmarks have become too important, they’re the only way we can store websites permanently (I mean, we can’t leave open tabs for 200 websites) being sure that we’ll “find that tutorial” again in the future.
What if we can store all of our boomarked websites in a single desktop application?
Let’s talk about Webbla.
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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Mailplane Contest Winners
Thanks for all the comments to the Mailplane giveaway!
It was difficult, but I’ve chosen three comments:
- D3V4
- David Lee
- Jake
Congratulations, you should find the coupon code for a single Mailplane license in your inbox ;)
A big thank you goes out to Mailplane for sponsoring the contest.
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Firefox.next Mockup: Sidebar, Workspaces and Vertical Tabs
Following my previous post about the future of Firefox, (you can find it here) I made this mockup/sketch, hope to be clear enough.
It’s the same mockup Pascal Finette covered in his blog (here) and which I’ve submitted to Mozilla Labs Design Challenge: Summer 09 (where you can find my presentation video as well)
Search Wolfram Alpha from Firefox with Ubiquity
Have you tried Wolfram Alpha? Do you think it’s absolutely amazing, but you want to search without going to the website everytime?
Here’s a small tip to search Wolfram Alpha without having to open http://www.wolframalpha.com/ nor going to Firefox search bar:
create a Ubiquity command.
For those who don’t know what Mozilla Ubiquity is, see my article here.
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!
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.
Win a Copy of Mailplane
MacStories 1st Giveaway Contest:
Thanks to Ruben Bakker from Mailplaneapp.com, I’m giving away three coupon codes of
Mailplane, the tool that “brings Gmail to your Mac Desktop” and allows you to access Gmail directly from your dock. They are worth $24.95 each,a single user license.