Letter Opener 2 - Christopher Atlan

When using Apple Mail, if you’ve ever received an e-mail that included an attachment called winmail.dat, you know the frustration of not knowing what was sent to you. When this comes from an employer or client... read more at Macworld

GlimmerBlocker - Peter Speck

Without ads, many good Web sites wouldn’t exist, so I favor having ads and supporting sponsors. But distracting ads can make it difficult to actually read some sites... read more at Macworld

AirRadar - Koingo Software

Increasingly, the airwaves around us are a jungle of competing wireless signals. Koingo Software’s AirRadar not only helps cut through the clutter... read more at Macworld

Mailplane - Uncomplex gmbh

Google’s Gmail e-mail service is hugely popular, but online e-mail has some drawbacks. Perhaps the biggest is the fact that Web-browser-based e-mail just doesn’t work the same as a standard e-mail client... read more at Macworld

SiteGrinder 2 Pro - MediaLab

If you use any version of Photoshop CS to design your Web sites, I highly recommend SiteGrinder 2 Pro (I tested the software in Photoshop CS3). If you don’t need multimedia, dynamic content, forms, or tiled backgrounds, the less expensive Basic... read more at Macworld

Alkaline - Litmus

Web developers who spend hours testing sites and email newsletters in Windows browsers and clients will be aware of web-based tools, such as Litmus, which automate much of the task... read more at MacUserUK

MailSteward Pro 8 - MailSteward

Email archiving is chronically unfashionable, but it's still critical to Mac users who know that bulky message databases, straining under years' worth of emails and hefty attachments, hinder performance and searching... read more at MacUserUK

SiteGrinder 2 - SiteGrinder

There are plenty of web authoring solutions for the Photoshop artist who doesn't want to learn HTML. However, for those who find even Freeway and Dreamweaver too much of a drag, there's SiteGrinder... read more at MacUserUK

Safari 4 Beta - Apple

Apple announced and released the Safari 4 Beta this morning for all the world to download and try out. The latest Safari incarnation promises to be faster and easier to use than Safari 3... read more at MacLife

Indev Software Mail Act-On 2 - Indev Software

Apple Mail gets the job done, but there are a few crucial features missing. Rules can sort messages as they arrive, but Mail doesn’t offer much to help you organize messages after the fact... read more at MacLife

Shimo - nexUmoja

Back in August 2007, I reviewed version 1.0.3 of Shimo, at the time an alternative to Cisco’s official Mac client for Cisco VPN (virtual private network) access. Shimo was a welcome solution that offered the benefits of Cisco’s own client (reliable connections, specialized connection... read more at Macworld

ClickToFlash - ClickToFlash Team

For many users of the Web, Flash has become the bane of browsing. (I write this knowing full well that Macworld.com itself includes Flash ads.) It’s not just that some sites include annoying, auto-play Flash content that blares obnoxious audio across the office without any interaction on your part... read more at Macworld

iWeb ’09 - Apple

Apple’s goal with iWeb is to give home and non-professional users an easy way to create and update lively, personal Web sites without needing to know the harsh mechanics of complex Web building technologies. With the addition of FTP capabilities and some powerful new widgets... read more at Macworld

Choosy - George Brocklehurst

Highbrow isn’t the only game in town; George Brocklehurst’s Choosy 0.9.1, a System Preferences pane currently in beta, offers similar functionality via a slightly different interface and with a few unique options... read more at Macworld

Highbrow - Helium Foot Software

Today I look at Highbrow; later this week, I’ll cover Choosy. Highbrow sits in your menu bar, providing a handy menu listing all your installed browsers; choosing a browser from the list sets it as your default (preferred) browser... read more at Macworld

Contribute CS4 - Adobe

Adobe Contribute CS4 allows Web site content contributors (writers, editors, artists, and other non-technical folk) to easily add to and edit Web sites, shielding them from the complexities of HTML and CSS. Users edit Web pages, usually but not necessarily based on templates... read more at Macworld

Fireworks CS4 - Adobe Systems

Rumors of Fireworks’ demise should finally be put to rest with the release of Fireworks CS4. It is apparent Adobe has been listening to users and has spent considerable resources overhauling Fireworks. With the adoption of the common interface shared by other Creative Suite applications... read more at Macworld

ExpanDrive 1.3.1 - Magnetk

Since the early days of Mac OS X, the Finder has offered support for FTP, letting you work with FTP servers in the Finder as if they were any other file server. You just open the Connect To Server dialog (Go: Connect To Server) and enter the server info... read more at Macworld

MobileMe - Apple

Apple’s $99-per-year MobileMe service, the successor to the popular but aging .Mac, experienced some highly public growing pains after its release in July, but now MobileMe’s cloud is starting to show its silver lining... read more at MacLife

Dreamweaver CS4 - Adobe Systems

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 is a solid upgrade to an already impressive Web site design program... read more at Macworld

MacJournal - Mariner Software

You started with just one blog. Since then, you’ve diversified. You have blogs about your political affiliation, your dog, and your favorite restaurants. You even have a blog about all your other blogs. With all the blogs in your life, it becomes difficult to keep them straight... read more at MacLife

Sandvox 1.5 - Karelia Software

Sandvox is a web design application that's aimed at anyone who wants to avoid the nitty-gritty of HTML and CSS. We looked at it during its infancy more than two years ago, but raised concerns over its performance. This latest update doesn't mark the arrival of a completely new version with lots of new features... read more at MacUserUK

Freeway 5 Pro - Softpress Systems

When it’s time for you or your business to post a Web site, you’re faced with the prospect of building it yourself or hiring a designer. Even if you initially hire a Web designer, you’ll still need to update the site periodically, either paying for such services, or taking over the process. Either way, you’ll want an affordable program that you’re comfortable using... read more at Macworld

NetNewsWire 3.1 - NewsGator

For heavy users of RSS, NetNewsWire offers an impressive array of organization features. For example, although you can manually organize your feeds—as I do—NetNewsWire can also automatically sort subscriptions... read more at Macworld

NetBarrier X5 - Intego

Intego’s NetBarrier X5 security suite offers several tools to protect your Mac from vandals and criminals. Its centerpiece is the NetBarrier firewall, but the package can also block cookies while your surf the Web, scrub personal data afterwards, and block Trojan horses... read more at Macworld

Firefox 2.0 - Mozilla Foundation

With its ready-for-anything rendering engine and amazing expandability, Firefox 2.0.0.12 is a superb choice for power users who want to do more than simple surfing. It’s a polished, professional alternative to Safari.... read more at Macworld

SeaMonkey 1.1.8 - Mozilla Foundation

SeaMonkey 1.1.8, the Mozilla Foundation’s all-in-one Internet application, combines browsing, e-mail, HTML editing, and IRC chat. The project traces its lineage to the classic Netscape Communicator suite—but unfortunately, those roots show a little too clearly... read more at Macworld

OmniWeb 5.6 - The Omni Group

The Omni Group’s OmniWeb browser is like an enhanced, extra-powerful version of Safari. If you’ve ever been frustrated by Safari’s limited flexibility in areas like controlling security settings and managing bookmarks, you may find just what you’re looking for in OmniWeb 5.6... read more at Macworld

DevonAgent 2.3 - Devon Technologies

DevonAgent is billed as an Internet research tool that happens to include a Web browser. But you could also think of it as a Web browser with advanced research features. Either way, it combines a reasonably full-featured browser with a unique method of searching for information online... read more at Macworld

Camino 1.5 - Mozilla Foundation

If Firefox is the fully loaded SUV of the browser world, rumbling along laden with bells and whistles, Camino—based on the same rendering engine, but customized specifically for the Mac—is the stylish yet stripped-down sports coupe. It won’t give you the plush features or thorough customization that Firefox offers, but it compensates with speed... read more at Macworld

Flock 1.0.3 - Flock

Back in the Dark Ages of Web browsers, the ability to load images and tables was a big deal because it meant that users could have prettier pages to stare at. Since then, hanging out on the Web has become a lot more interactive—you have blogs to read and post, friends to keep tabs on via social networks, and content to track across user-driven sites like Flickr and YouTube. Enter Flock. Billed as a “social Web browser,” Flock offers features... read more at Macworld

CSSEdit 2.6 - MacRabbit

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a widely used Web-design technology that lets you create styles that can be applied to one or more blocks, or ranges of text, on a Web page. Instead of applying formatting locally, repeating the details each time you want particular text or a layout to be formatted similarly, CSS lets you write once, use many times... read more at Macworld

RapidWeaver 3.6 - Realmac Software

When it comes to Web design, many Mac users turn to a simplistic application, such as iWeb, over the heavyweight Adobe Dreamweaver. But another choice falls in between those two apps: RapidWeaver. Version 3.6 is the first paid upgrade since the software debuted three years ago... read more at MacLife