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Dropbox is one of the best -- and most useful -- applications I've seen in a while. As a student, Dropbox is a lifesaver. I keep all my assignments and projects on my personal computer, work on projects at work when there's down time, and can access everything from school. Previously this file-transfer-craziness was handled with a flash drive... that had a bad habit of getting left places.

Seriously, to anyone who needs to move files around frequently, Dropbox is a fantastic option!

Thought that this should be brought to everyone's attention from the DropBox TOS:

"Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement. Dropbox cooperates with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of Dropbox or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop any activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, unethical, inappropriate or legally actionable."

Dropbox is pretty great, it's very seamless, feels tightly integrated with the OS.

WONDERFUL app, I use it for sharing constantly (Adium has file-transfer problems with the AIM protocol). Having a folder on your computer that anyone can read from using a URL is great. Dropping a file onto the sidebar in Finder and copying the link takes 5 seconds, compared to the 1-2 minutes of getting through all the webpages on a hosting service in order to upload even the smallest file. This is one of three programs that I'd ever consider paying for, 8/10 (-2 for not having any kind of preference pane and for having an ugly & unnecessary menu-bar icon)

Excellent app. Combined with fruux it's a really great MobileMe replacement!

@ open0source

If its strictly quick public file sharing you are after, use Papaya: http://osx.iusethis.com/app/papaya#opinions

You don't have to relinquish your files to a 3rd party in order to share them.

Love this app. It's the perfect solution for syncing my two most used apps -- Journler and Things.

I love dropbox. I use it on 3 computers:
Macbook for home use and 2 desktops (one Ubuntu and one WinXP) at work. Keeps all my frequently needed files matched up and where I need them without ever needing to worry about them.

Awesome app! The English is a little off at times, but it works quite well and looks fantastic up in my menu bar.

Since the site is down, an alternative download can be found here http://mac.deray.org/kTunes.html

@andrehuf: In my experience, I prefer Namely over Quicksilver simply because I don't use most of Quicksilver's features. Yes, they come in handy once you learn them, but more often than not I only used the program as a launcher. It makes more sense for me to not have all the bells and whistles when all I need is to open a program :)

I love this app. It's a gem. I launch almost all of my Applications with it.

Personally I made it a NSUIElement - so it won't have a menubar and it doesn't appear in the dock. So the only way to access it is the keyboard shortcut. Fine by me :)

What a handy widget! The entity codes are annoying in that you don't need them 'til you need them...at which point having to dig up a list of them is frustrating.

Now they're on my dashboard; problem solved :)

Using Coda is an absolute treat.

Besides being very nice to look at, it has just the right amount of features to be incredibly useful without being bloated. I think the price is definitely worth it...but then I do use the program everyday.

Coda is aimed at the Pro web development market, who is going to do all their code by hand. $79 is a bargain for all you get with Coda, and is quite reasonably priced for a tool of this caliber. I use it every day, and it makes building websites a much cleaner process.

Version 2 will probably be wonderful, but currently Coda just lacks too many basic features to be a genuine replacement for TextMate. The interface is gorgeous, and its local/remote file management is a delight, but the lack of a proper site-wide find/replace kills it for me.

For now I'll carry on with TextMate and Transmit, but I'll look back in on Coda when the next major revision drops.

A well-designed piece of software that will certainly streamline your workflow. The text editor is not as feature-rich as textmate and the current editor is also a bit more buggy than I would have liked for a $79 purchase - occasionally my view turns into a bunch of garbage characters. But it's a harmless inconvenience and the occasional restart doesn't detract from my experience too much. 99% of the time it's saving me time and allowing me to focus on coding.

I already use textmate but I find Coda seem pretty cool, should I buy it?

I'm a pro web developer, who does all my sites by hand, and it is absolutely worth the price. A pleasure to work with. I was one of the people who use to use transmit + textmate, but this is a much better experience. A must buy for any pro.

I guess your right there, the trial period is going out in a couple of days and I'm going to buy it as x-mas gift for myself

happy holidays everyone *<:)