Suitably encouraged by your email, I now submit my personal favorites for your tabulation: 1. Apeiron (it's a game, but it's a great stress reliever) 2. Eudora Pro 3. Safari 4. Neo Office 5. OnyX 6. MacTracker 7. SuperDuper 8. MS Messenger 9. Skype 10. iPhoto Christine >Some members are intimidated to offer a '10 best list' in case they >have to justify them or they are casual users and might only use a few >apps on a regular basis. Please, I want your input! (No later than >next Sunday) >In hindsight, a better approach to this project might have been: "A >friend is obtaining a Mac for the first time and has asked you for a >recommendation for the best 10 applications to start them off." > >An update: I have received over 80 distinct application votes so far. >Who said there is no Mac software out there? The final results should >provide some interesting debate for weeks to come. I hope to have time >to add some info on the more obscure nominations. > >P.S. I am recording the results on Numbers 09 (Just released). It may >be too late to affect the voting, but a lot of reasons for using Excel >have been eliminated. For example: numbers now has 250 math functions, >up from 150. I am impressed by it. > >pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx >(519) 474-1253 res. >(519) 860-2725 cell --- MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi>