I just read What Program(s) do You Use for Web Development? so I thought I would answer here instead of just as a comment.

I use all of these applications/plug-ins on MacOSX.

• Jetbrains IntelliJ Idea. The best IDE I've ever used.
• Textmate. The best text editor I've ever used.
• DBVisualizer. Makes working with databases easy.
• Fireworks, now from Adobe and likely to vanish someday.
• Interarchy. For moving stuff from one system to another.
• Path Finder. It's not a development tool but a Finder replacement; lots of neat programming assistant features.
• Firebug. If you don't use this for debugging javascript, you stand along in the world.
• Web Developer Toolbar. Although there is some overlap with Firebug, it's mostly complementary.

OK, you can argue with me, but these are my weapons of choice. MacOSX is of course also my choice, when I get one.

My Tags: tools development macosx

After reading CSS Selectors - Speed Myths I decided to try the slickspeed test on the three browsers I use on OSX currently.

The new safari blows the other two away. Once firefox 3 is further along I will try it too.

My Tags: macosx css browsers

Today I decided to do something about integrating my G5 tower and my macbookpro and sharing a keyboard and mouse. Instead of buying one of the many millions of KVM switches I decided to try the open source synergy.

This little gem allows you to share a virtual screen (and thus mouse and keyboard) across multiple computers (and OSs) and their screens.

With the aid of a Mac pref pane and installer for it, I now can work with both computers at the same time!

OK it's not rocket science but it works well and costs nothing. It even works within Parallels (on the client Mac) so I am able to work in Windows on my macbookpro from my keyboard and mouse on the G5 and still see both screens. It also combines the scrap so you can copy and paste from one computer to the other.

Coolness.

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According to Net Applications, who survey websites and track trends, OSX is used 6.46% and Vista is used 3.74%.

Of course any such measurements have errors but at least they do cover some 40,000 sites, so it's unlikely to be way off.

It goes to show you that despite all the Microsoft hype on Vista and their desire to kill off XP, XP's not going anywhere soon at 82%. Even the comparably ancient 2000 still has 4.3%. No one I know working at any fairly large company has switched to Vista yet. It will happen someday as hardware changes out but probably not at any pace Microsoft would want.

For this site I get:

• Windows XP - 64.4%
• Linux - 13.96%
• Mac - 11.40%
• Windows Vista - 4.7%
• Windows 2000 - 4.6%

Which clearly reflects the programmer audience.

Firefox remains the top dog for readers here:

• Firefox - 76%
• IE 6 - 7%
• IE 7 - 5.5%
• Opera - 4%
• Safari - 3.7%

The numbers for Opera were unexpected. Firefox has actually gained a bit of share here since I started last year.

BTW this blog is developed and written on OSX and served up from a shared Linux server.

My Tags: macosx vista