One of my favorite things about the Mac and OS X is all the great applications that have been developed for the platform. When I first switched to the Mac, I was worried that OS X didn’t have as many application choices as Windows. While I’ve found that to be true, the quality of Mac applications is on par or better than Windows.
I swear that installing Mac applications and testing them is an addiction. To help feed my addiction, I’ve found a great website. i use this is a sort of digg/social network for applications.
You start by registering a username on the website. From there you can browse the application directory a number of ways. You can sort the directory by most used, all (alphabetical), tags, new releases, and more. When you see an application that you use, just hover over “i use this” in the application badge and click. The application is now added to your user application profile. After clicking you’ll notice that the application badge now says “stop using”. As expected, clicking “stop using” removes the application from your profile. The number listed in the application badge is the number of users who use that application.
Once you have gone through and added a number of applications, you’ll notice that you have Neighbours. Neighbours are users who use similar applications to yourself. You can browse their application profile and see all the applications they are currently using. You can also add friends which will add some additional features such as seeing applications they recently started using.
The picture below is the application profile for a great little piece of freeware I use called Caffeine. Each application has a similar profile that has a screenshot, a download link, a link to the application website, and more.
You can leave comments on each application and rate the comments of other users as useful, spam, or troll. Comments that have been rated are given a score just to the right of the comment date.
I found a great Safari plug-in called Inquisitor by browsing i use this. If you enjoy Mac OS X applications, i use this should be an essential stop when looking for new applications.
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