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These are some of the excellent new Apps I discovered via friends and cohorts last week. They are mostly Mac based…because we use Macs and hopefully you do as well, but fear not we don’t discriminate, nor do we desire to engage anyone in a lengthy moronic argument over platforms. Just enjoy these applications, and if you can run them do so.

1. Coda
Holy death nail for Dreamweaver Batman, take a look at this new awesome application from Panic Software, the creators of the most excellent Transmit FTP software. Coda is what Mac hand coders have been waiting for “One Window Web Development”. It combines a text editor, css editor, ftp program, and a preview window into one VERY slick application. I have been using the demo for a long weekend, and I am totally sold. The best part…it is a very reasonable price for such a perfectly designed piece of software. If they had included a wyswyg panel for those who want that I’ll bet they could have knocked Dreamweaver completely off the map, however I’m guessing they will probably have more street cred for not including that feature with the hard core design gang. the software rocks, and sports some powerful collaboration features, for…collaborating. Visit their slick site to learn more, and just buy it. now.

Panic Software: Coda

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2. Mail Appetizer
This great little plug-in for Apple Mail will pop up a small notification window with a brief summary of the incoming message upon it’s arrival, and show you the contents. this is helpful as you don’t need to switch to mail to see the message unless it’s your boss and you need to respond immediately.

Bronsonbeta: Mail Appetizer

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3. Color Oracle
The good Mark Wyner is an accessibility champion and he dropped this neat app on me for checking to see what your website will look like for those who have common color vision impairments. This is a group that is often ignored, and it is good to keep in mind that not everyone can see your pretty link colors.

Bernhard Jenny, Institute of Cartography: Color Oracle

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4. iShowU
This program allows you to capture and record anything on your screen, and you can include audio from your microphone, or existing audio on the mac itself. This is handy for presentations or saving something to show someone who is not currently available.

Shiny White Box: iShowU

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5. DVD screen grab
This isn’t an application, but a simple apple script. I was trying to take screenshots of a DVD for a work project, and of course Apple DVD Player has screen capture disabled…to satisfy some retards at the movie industry palace of wealth and greed no doubt. Anyway this is a quick easy workaround for this problem.

Low End Mac: DVD screen grab

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Bonus! Vecteezy:

Looking for some free vector art to jump start that Monday morning dead battery of an imagination? This new site offers plenty of FREE downloadable vector files for you to pilfer and add to your design masterpiece…or that damn crappy flier the boss is stomping on your nuts about needing five minutes ago.

Vecteezy Website: Vecteezy

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Comments are open, let us know what cool new Apps you’ve discovered recently!

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