Web apps - Fluid

You want to know why Mac is on the rise, its because the PC wars are over, the internet is where all the action is. From Facebook to Googles version of the office applications, it doesn't matter which computer you have. So people are free to choose the computer they like the look of and like the feel of and invariably its been a mac. As a recent Open University response to why they don't use mac software, they said it didn't matter anymore as their new software was developed for the web and was not platform specific. Before users might have thought they would be limited by available software or price or compatibility. Now the latest Macs and Mac OSX can run Windows Vista and Linux as well as the Mac OS, they are good value and online and offline software is plentiful.

So here's a recommendation



Give your favorite webapps a home on your Mac OS X Leopard Desktop.
OS X Leopard Dock with an icon for Facebook.app right along normal apps like Dashboard, Mail, and TextMate.

Are you a Gmail, Facebook, Campfire or (Insert Your Favorite Webapp Here) fanatic? Do you have 20 or more browser tabs open at all times? Are you tired of some random site or Flash ad crashing your browser and causing you to lose your (say) Google Spreadsheets data in another tab?

If so, Site Specific Browsers (SSBs) provide a great solution for your webapp woes. Using Fluid, you can create SSBs to run each of your favorite webapps as a separate desktop application. Fluid gives any webapp a home on your Mac OS X desktop complete with Dock icon, standard menu bar, and logical separation from your other web browsing activity.

Download it here