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http://www.mathgamehouse.com/images/phillryu/conte stentries/

Yes, a downloader. Even downloaders can have UIs. (Unless you use wget/curl all of the time.) All interface with the user needs to be friendly, usable and well designed. *All* of it. Even a downloader.

Of course, but this isn't "Ten OS X Apps with a User Interface", it's the "Ten Most Beautiful". And check out this screenshot:

http://www.mathgamehouse.com/images/phillryu/acqui sitionfull.jpg

Does that strike you as particularly "most beautiful" of all OS X apps out there? To me, it looks busy and uninspired... and that's supposed to be the fourth most beautiful app? More beautiful than, say, Google Earth on OS X which didn't make the list even though it's freeware as well? Screenshot:

http://saya.s145.xrea.com/archives/images/GoogleEa rth.jpg

The "extremely eye-pleasing" P2P app they mention doesn't look much different than Safari's download panel with a couple of colorful buttons thrown on top. Compare:

P2P app: http://www.mathgamehouse.com/images/phillryu/trans missionfull.jpg
Safari: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/is/diary/mac/SafariDownloadMa n.jpg

I'd say the list could perhaps qualify as top ten nice OS X application icons.

Yes, a downloader. Even downloaders can have UIs. (Unless you use wget/curl all of the time.) All interface with the user needs to be friendly, usable and well designed. *All* of it. Even a downloader.

Of course, but this isn't "Ten OS X Apps with a User Interface", it's the "Ten Most Beautiful". And check out this screenshot:

http://www.mathgamehouse.com/images/phillryu/acqui sitionfull.jpg

Does that strike you as particularly "most beautiful" of all OS X apps out there? To me, it looks busy and uninspired... and that's supposed to be the fourth most beautiful app? More beautiful than, say, Google Earth on OS X which didn't make the list even though it's freeware as well? Screenshot:

http://saya.s145.xrea.com/archives/images/GoogleEa rth.jpg

The "extremely eye-pleasing" P2P app they mention doesn't look much different than Safari's download panel with a couple of colorful buttons thrown on top. Compare:

P2P app: http://www.mathgamehouse.com/images/phillryu/trans missionfull.jpg
Safari: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/is/diary/mac/SafariDownloadMa n.jpg

I'd say the list could perhaps qualify as top ten nice OS X application icons.

there is also iStorm", which uses rendezvous and can do more than just text/code. it's worth a look if you are in the market for that kinda thing.

No, that would be more like this:

http://www.mathgamehouse.com/istorm/

While this may not be your preferred way of working, I can see how it would hugely help when I have to show someone how something works. I can just hop in, highlight something, maybe make a comment, and be done with it. It isn't going to be the be-all-and-end-all of an editor, but it definitely deserves more than a sentence.

You can see it here. From the way these reviewers seem to describe Threedegrees, it is basically a limited IRC chat (10 at a time, why 10?) with some other features that already exist elsewhere (the common playlist idea isn't new, and "Winks" is just a cute, marketable term), and a bunch of stuff that you can see in iStorm.

One difference is, iStorm doesn't talk about "marketing its product to 13-24 year olds." The developers see it as a tool for brainstorming. The other difference is, iStorm is probably actually used to help people think through ideas, whereas Threedegrees will be yet another way (along with AIM, Counterstrike, and most college social life) for people to just sit around engaging in mental masturbation.

Maybe I'm being too harsh.