Just wanted to let everyone know that Saft has been released for Safari 3 Beta.
Now that they have partially gotten rid of the crappy form fields on Safari I love it! It just didn’t used to be very developer friendly.
Archive for the 'Tools' Category
I think the video speaks for itself. My copy of Songbird just got done downloading and I’m about to try it out. Looks like you can also browse the web or something like that as well. I’m pretty excited.
It’s like a cool updated version of itunes!
Just downloaded it, i’ll add later to let you know how it works…
Or you can just download it and find out for yourself! 
Found a great website yesterday that allows you to upload almost any audio file (.mp3, .m4a, .ogg or .wma) and send it as a ring tone to your phone through a picture message for FREE (excluding the cost of a picture message)!
It also lets you choose where you want to crop your music file so you can pick the part of the song that you want.
It takes about an hour to send the ring tone to your phone as there are so many users doing it at the same time, but if you have the money you can buy credits so it will be sent to your phone almost immediately.
I have already sent three ring tones to my phone and it works great! If you have been looking for a way to send ring tones to your phone for free, this is definitely something you should check out.
http://www.mobile17.com/
In today’s internet world, many more sites are implementing features that take a much longer time to load with a slow internet connection. With the advancement of online technology, these websites are able to embed high quality videos, flash, high resolution photos, and java applications right into the web page.
Nothing is more frustrating then having to wait for a page to load while surfing the web or downloading files. Many times a person spends more time waiting for pages to load than actually visiting the pages themselves.
The speed at which your browser loads web pages can be attributed to a few factors. Some of these factors include whether you are using a model or a broadband connection, browser features, settings, and computer processing power. While you can’t do much to change many of these factors without upgrading and spending hundreds, even thousands of dollars, there are a few simple things that you can do to make your web surfing more enjoyable.
One of the easiest things a person can do to slightly increase the speed at which their browser views or downloads files is already on your computer! The first thing you should try is setting your home page on your browser to a blank page. This increases the speed at which your browser opens on startup so it doesn’t have to load a website along with it. A second way to increase your browser’s speed is to uncheck the loading of multimedia in your properties. Depending on the settings you choose, it will prevent your browser from loading multimedia items like videos and images when you open a web page, thus increasing the speed at which the page loads. A final way to increase your browser’s speed using the resources on your computer is by making sure your computer is using temporary files. Your browser may store files on your computer to help websites load faster when you view them again so you want to make sure that this option is set.
While those are all great ways to increase your browser speed, sometimes that just isn’t enough. One of the best and most cost effective ways of increasing your browser speed is by using a browser optimization program. A browser optimization program increases browser speed tremendously, and is a great addition to even the fastest internet connections, as one’s internet connection can never be fast enough. A good example of an optimization program is Download Accelerator or Pal Internet Speed Booster.
By using an optimization program one can greatly improve their browsing experience and spend less time loading pages and more time enjoying the websites that you are interested in.
An on-going list of notable applications for the Mac OS. Post a comment if you think that there is an application that should be added! All apps are free unless otherwise specified!
- Adium - Instant messaging client that can connect to aim, msn, jabber, yahoo, and more. Supports themes, sounds, and a ton of other really cool features
- Camino - “The Camino Project has worked to create a browser that is as functional and elegant as the computers it runs on. The Camino web browser is powerful, secure, and ready to meet the needs of all users while remaining simple and elegant in its design.”
- Cash Box - “Cashbox is an application designed to make managing your personal finances a breeze.”
- CSSEdit ($29.95) - Awesome CSS editor, well worth the money. Try the demo and see for yourself, one of my favorite programs.
- Coda ($79.99) - Just bought this badboy myself. It replaced all of my web programs including Smultron and CSSEdit which I was going to buy.
- DragThing ($29)- Make items on your Mac such as files, folders, applications, disks, URLs, clippings, and even windows, quickly and easily accessible, while taking up as little space on your screen as possible.
- Fan Control - Some MacBook (Pro) are just to hot for daylong use. Fan Control adjusts the minimum fan speed depending on the current CPU temperature. For safety, it leaves the original automatic fan speed control intact.
- HandBrake - An open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.
- Hey Folders! - Color icons for color labels. Hey Folders! adds colored folder icons to Apple’s Finder. Instead of a generic icon, labeled folders show up in the appropriate color.
- Poisoned - A great file sharing program that connects to almost every network. Poisoned connects to the FastTrack network (Kazaa, Grokster, iMesh), the Gnutella network (Limewire, Acquisition), and OpenFT.
- RCDefaultApp - A free preference pane that allows you to set all of the default applications in one easy spot.
- Shiira - Shiira is a web browser based on Web Kit and written in Cocoa. The goal of the Shiira Project is to create a browser that is better and more useful than Safari. All source code used in this software is publicly available.
- Transmit 3 ($29.95) - A great ftp client that makes uploading files to your webserver a snap.
- Uno - Allows user to change the appearance of application windows to “unify” the Mac OsX interface.
- Virtue Desktops - a virtual desktop manager for Apple’s Mac OS similar to the famous “Parallels“.
