New stuff.

[pandora_parrot]

So... I come home from my trip to New York to discover that I have a new roommate and a Macbook. Unfortunately, I am also sans one piece of luggage, the one that contains my toothbrush and pajamas...

Of course, I went out and bought the macbook. It's not like it was waiting for me here. But it was here when I get back, yes. :P

And my roommate is a lot hairier and has more legs than I was expecting.

So what all software do I need to install on this thing?

The laptop, not the roommate.

Comments

[cyberspice.livejournal.com]

/me looks at her mac...

My mostly used additional apps are:

Firefox (for when safari doesn't seem supported)
Adium (IM client)
Colloquy (IRC client)
Handbrake (For converting media to iPod)
VLC (for media playback not supported in Quicktime)
TextWrangler as a general purpose editor.

Everything else I use is a standard installed Apple app. You can get a whole load of codecs for quicktime which also work in front row so I watch my DivXs and AVIs and wot not through that.

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

Have you used Camino, btw? I find it to be faster than Firefox in general (it's a Cocoa build of the Gecko engine), with a smaller memory footprint, though it doesn't support Firefox extensions, which is a big pain. Firebug is my best friend when I have my web developer hat on.

[cyberspice.livejournal.com]

I've played with Camino but I tend to only use Firefox for testing webby stuff (which isn't that often) so I stick with that.

Flock > Firefox or Camino

[sonyalynn.livejournal.com]

I have to say, I'm really liking using Flock for all my social and non-Safari development browsing. It's Gecko 1.9 (same as FF 3.x), is compatible with many FF plugins, AND has some really badass integration with many social web services.

Flock: http://flock.com/

BTW, I find these Safari plugins (OK...InputManagers) utterly indispensable...

Glims: http://www.machangout.com/
SafariStand: http://hetima.com/safari/stand-e.html
SafariBlock: http://code.google.com/p/safariblock/