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NeoOffice - http://www.neooffice.org/ - Mac OS port of OpenOffice | NeoOffice - http://www.neooffice.org/ - Mac OS port of OpenOffice | ||
AdiumX - http://www.adiumx.com/ - multi protocol instant messager | |||
Mercury Messenger - http://www.mercury.to - currently eval'ing, cross-platform Java based IM client with video and screen cap support - Adium had issues with group chats, isn't cross platform, and I want to get into video more. But MM seems kinda flaky and is currently closed source :( | <s>Mercury Messenger - http://www.mercury.to - currently eval'ing, cross-platform Java based IM client with video and screen cap support - Adium had issues with group chats, isn't cross platform, and I want to get into video more. But MM seems kinda flaky and is currently closed source :(</s> | ||
Virtue - http://virtuedesktops.info/ - virtual desktops - a few glitches but decent | Virtue - http://virtuedesktops.info/ - virtual desktops - a few glitches but decent | ||
Shell - Built in ;) - but iTerm - http://freshmeat.net/redir/iterm/49825/url_homepage/iterm.sourceforge.net - is | Shell - Built in ;) - but iTerm - http://freshmeat.net/redir/iterm/49825/url_homepage/iterm.sourceforge.net - is more featureful (annoying indistinct cursor and habit of mistaking selecting for dragging though) | ||
Note the lack of Camino, "Firefox for the Mac." I don't get it. Sure, it uses the Mac's native interface, but it is lacking in so many ways - no search in history, no inline page search, a whole new set of keyboard shortcuts that relate to nothing else - that I can barely stand using it. Thank heaven Firefox is available for the Mac. | Note the lack of Camino, "Firefox for the Mac." I don't get it. Sure, it uses the Mac's native interface, but it is lacking in so many ways - no search in history, no inline page search, a whole new set of keyboard shortcuts that relate to nothing else - that I can barely stand using it. Thank heaven Firefox is available for the Mac. | ||