24 Nov 2008

Favorite Apps in Windows

Here's a list of my favorite applications in Windows. Why Windows? Because currently I'm using Windows machine.
  1. Twhirl. It's a tiny apps, twitter client, built on top of Adobe AIR. It's a real productivity killer. The interface is nice, customizable, and it has a lot of features: lookup, friends/followers, integration with TwitPic and URL shortener service.
  2. Chrome. Yes, it's the brand new browser from Google. My favorite feature of Chrome is "Create Application Shortcut", which lets you create an icon for a web apps that you frequently use and launch it in its own window like a native apps. I use this feature for Gmail, Google Reader, RTM, and some others. By the way, Chrome is a beta software (like many Google products) and still have a lot of limitations, like it cannot render my company's internal portal properly.
  3. FlashGet. It is a good download manager for Windows. Even better, it's free and supports torrent files too.
  4. HyperSnap-DX. It's a program for making screenshots. It could capture the whole screen, certain application window, and certain area in many forms (square, circle, square-with-round-edges, etc).
I don't really have a lot of favorite applications in Windows. Maybe I'll write the Mac version later. What about you?