This day-after-Thanksgiving, when many Americans are enjoying a day off and several others are at work goofing around on OSNews, we decided to ask you: what's your "killer app?" What's the one app you can't live without? Sound off in the comments - one app only! 
Post a Comment
Member since:
2005-06-29
Member since:2005-10-02
Member since:
2005-04-01
We are all Mac at my house, and my favorite app there is really the one-two punch of Transmit and SubEthaEdit. Since I can only choose one app, I suppose I have to boil it down to one app that by itself gives me the most power, so I'm going to say Paint.net for Windows, which I use at work. This powerful tool is my favorite quick way to edit and create images without having to be a pro and without the complications of Photoshop. Did I mention it's totally free??
Member since:2007-08-24
Member since:2005-09-27
Member since:2006-09-01
Member since:
2006-12-11
Member since:2006-09-01
Member since:2005-07-08
Member since:2005-07-06
For all it's flaws (and there are many) I agree. I just can't stay away, and I've tried many many browsers.
To be more specific though, I absolutely cannot live without Firefox+ All-In-One Gestures extension. WHY CLICK ON THE BACK BUTTON?
On every computer I use, especially those at work running IE6, I always click the right mouse button and drag left really quickly to go back...And I get a context menu 
Sometimes we spoil ourselves...
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:
2007-11-03
Member since:
2006-01-16
Member since:2007-04-27
Member since:2006-06-03
Member since:
2007-07-26
Member since:
2005-09-28
Member since:
2006-01-01
Member since:2006-05-09
Member since:2007-01-18
Yes. Konqueror does so much that it's not even funny. Whenever I have to use Windows or Gnome without Konqueror, I constantly find myself wishing for Konqueror with all of its great features. It's not perfect - sometimes I have to use firefox because sites are browser compliant instead of standards compliant - but it's one of the most powerful apps that I know.
Member since:
2005-08-18
Member since:2006-04-05
Member since:2005-10-02
Haha.. you did that too?
... those were the days. They don't make games like that anymore. First time I played it was in 1991 I believe - on a Compaq L20 laptop (20 MB HDD and one 1.44 MB floppy drive - and 'widescreen' CGA - and wonderful 640 KB of RAM. Those were the days
PS: Forgot to mention the pc-speaker. That one ruled :p
Member since:2006-04-03
Member since:2005-10-02
Member since:
2007-11-23
Member since:2006-03-31
Man, I recently became proficient in LaTeX. I love it, except for the nuances with floats. I now refuse to touch Word or PowerPoint even for non-mathematical projects like biochemical lab reports. But you really need to know someone proficient in LaTeX for it not to become overwhelmingly frustrating.
Member since:2006-06-03
Member since:2007-04-23
I agree. LaTeX has its warts, but there is no serious alternative -- unlike most other applications that I use. Yes, I prefer Firefox, but I can live with other browsers. Yes, I prefer Emacs, but I can live with other editors. But I'm pretty much dependent on LaTeX for a lot of my work.
Member since:
2005-07-06
Member since:
2006-04-10
Member since:2007-11-03
Member since:
2005-07-06
Member since:
2006-03-16
Member since:
2006-06-01
Member since:
2006-10-22
Member since:2006-09-20
Member since:2005-07-07
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:
2005-11-14
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:
2007-10-08
Member since:2007-03-19
Member since:
2007-03-14
Member since:
2006-07-15
Member since:
2007-11-23
Member since:
2007-05-16
Member since:
2007-07-31
Member since:
2006-02-27
Member since:
2005-06-29
Member since:2006-05-18
Member since:2006-11-13
Member since:2006-03-08
Member since:2005-07-12
Member since:
2006-05-09
Member since:
2006-05-13
I will buy any platform where runs al least one episode of the Super Robot Wars Series ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Robot_Wars
Member since:
2005-11-12
Member since:2005-07-07
Member since:
2005-06-29
Member since:
2005-07-06
Member since:
2006-01-25
I think this is the most significant new application released for MS Office users since Outlook... Home users will yawn and rightly so - it offers very little for them. But for anyone who has to manage and dissect alot of misc. data on a daily basis it is fricking bliss.
It lets you effortlessly organize and re-organized notes from meetings, personal notes, software documentation, files, picture, schematics, websites, practically anything. And it does so without getting in your way.
It doesn't do anything particularly new - but its the first app of its kind that (I think) gets its all just right. Highly recommended for anyone whose time is valuable and just wants to keep track of things (not time - that is what Outlook is for - OneNote organizes data) without alot of complication...
Member since:
2007-10-08
I would also like to add Gmail. Say what you want about Google, and their GMail app, but it changed the entire webmail platform, and opened up everyone's eyes to the 5 mb limit that other providers such as hotmail and yahoo provided at the time, and made it unacceptable in the eyes of geeks everywhere. Gmail changed all of that.
Member since:
2007-03-13
Member since:
2007-01-25
Member since:
2006-12-19
Member since:
2007-06-19
Member since:2007-05-26
Does ktorrent have a built in player for multimedia formats or burner for disc images? presumably you'd want to do something with the data you port around?
Maybe Miro, with its build in bittorrent support and media playing abilities is more of a killer app in the one app you can't live without sense.
Member since:2007-06-19
Member since:2006-02-05
Member since:2007-06-19
Member since:
2007-04-11
Member since:
2006-12-18
Member since:2005-07-07
Member since:2005-08-02
Member since:2006-12-06
Member since:
2005-07-06
Member since:2007-10-26
Member since:
2006-10-11
Member since:
2007-05-26
It's either GIMP or Emacs, for totally different reasons, i'm usually happy using nano for text editing but emacs covers so many bases i could do without a number of other apps if using it.
For image editing I know gimp so well and work with it effectively enough to produce better results than a lot or people might from competing apps, it fits my needs well and i have a sensible workflow centered around it.
All this aside, in today's permanently connected world i could just name firefox as my favourite, considering the rich AJAX and Flash apps available online this could provide for my music and video needs in many ways.
Member since:
2006-09-21
... and say an SSH client and modern web browser. I have my favoured clients, but I don't mind switching if something better comes out. But I will ignore a platform unless it provides me reliable SSH and HTTP connectivity, which I think is a good way to define killer applications.
Member since:
2007-08-14