The Ten Most Beautiful OS X Apps

Phillip Ryu writes "As someone in the Macintosh shareware business, as part of my job, I make the daily crawl through MacUpdate to look for the latest and greatest in Mac software. One thing I've been noticing recently is a renaissance of extremely polished and beautiful Mac apps, so I thought I'd share some of these finds with you guys. Without further ado, presenting the top ten most beautiful OS X apps. Hopefully you'll find some new gems in there, even I found a few surprises while compiling this list. Enjoy!"

The List

[neonprimetime]

To save your eyes from that god-awful ugly site

10 - Transmission
9 - Potion Factory
8 - Podcast Maker
7 - Transmit
6 - Quinn
5 - AppZapper
4 - AcQuisition
3 - CoverFlow
2 - Newsfire
1 - Delicious Library

LaunchBar should have made the list.

[Capt'n Hector]

LaunchBar is Spotlight on crack. These guys managed to pack as much functionality as the finder itself into a little bar at the top of the screen. And it's fast.

Re:The List

[Volanin]

Same list, with links:

10 - Transmission [m0k.org]
9 - Potion Factory [potionfactory.com]
8 - Podcast Maker [potionfactory.com]
7 - Transmit [panic.com]
6 - Quinn [simonhaertel.de]
5 - AppZapper [appzapper.com]
4 - AcQuisition [acquisitionx.com]
3 - CoverFlow [steelskies.com]
2 - Newsfire [newsfirerss.com]
1 - Delicious Library [delicious-monster.com]

Re:Sealed-tight car bonnet?

[pmcc]

Uno [versiontracker.com] does a pretty good job at unifying everything to be more Aqua-ish.

Re:The Mac-iest Mac app ever....

[Anonymous Coward]

That's because Jim Mathews is a genius. *really* nice guy too, and did you know he won $500k on "Who wants to be a Millionaire?"