“Used to be that Windows users could admit the Mac was easy to use–they just complained there wasn’t any software for the platform. Apple knew their weakness, too, so they endeavored to turn their developer tools into the envy of the industry. What they’ve created in the latest versions of Xcode and Interface Builder, two of the anchor apps in the Mac developer’s kit, are an engineer’s dream team. Their thoughtful, intuitive design beget tools for the Macintosh that are just as much about visual design–gorgeous graphics and standardized controls–as they are about ingenious, robust interactivity,” Chris Dannen reports for Fast Company.
“So it’s no surprise that in the nearly nine years that Mac OS X has been earning converts, -the Macintosh a decade after the first iMac has become a software honeypot luring Windows users from all walks of life,” Dannen reports. “While some of the apps below have counterparts in the PC realm that aim to do a similar task, the apps on this list say as much about the Apple-inspired philosophy of interaction–elegant, efficient, easy, powerful–as they do about the ideas that drive Mac developers. Below, the apps that Windows users can only wish came in .exe.”
• Tangerine! by Potion Factory
• Delicious Library 2 by Delicious Monster
• Acorn by FlyingMeat
• Quicksilver by BlackTree
• Spaces by Apple
• Fluid App
• Billings 3 by MarketCircle
• LiveView by Ideo
• Aperture by Apple
• MarsEdit 2 by Red Sweater
Full article, with descriptions and links, here.
MacDailyNews Take: They are a lot more than just ten.
