These are all mostly web-related, but here are some applications I wouldn't be without...

USB Overdrive is a neat $20 piece of shareware that allows you to do all manner of crazy and useful things with USB joysticks, gamepads mice and so on, regardless of whether you have the right drivers or whether applications support them. For example, the Gravis explicitly say their Gamepad Pro will not work with Nanosaur (which doesn't support InputSprockets) - well with USB Overdrive 1.2 it does. Also, the game BattleGirl does support InputSprocket, but won't work with gamepads - well it does now! You can configure devices on an application-by-application basis, or globally - for example my global settings use the gamepad for scrolling windows. Download from www.usboverdrive.com

BBEDit Lite is a great Notepad-style text editor, great for hand-encoding web pages. I used to use it all the time before I discovered Dreamweaver and indeed it integrates with Dreamweaver if you feel the need to dive in to the HTML for a spot of grepping. Free from BareBones at http://web.barebones.com/free/free.html

Anarchie Pro FTP software that is very easy to use, just drag and drop. You're also supposed to be able to edit your web pages remotely in BBEdit but I have't been able to get that to work yet. Still, it's VERY good FTP software and you can download it for free from www.stairways.com. In case you're worried about missing the scampering dog of Fetch (another fine FTP client), Anarchie gives you a hopping kangaroo instead.

GIFBuilder lets you make those annoying animated GIFs, and it's so easy to use it's almost embarassing. Free from http://iawww.epfl.ch/Staff/Yves.Piguet/clip2gif-home/GifBuilder.html - which could well be the world's most inelegant URL.

JPEGView is a handly little program for viewing all kinds of image files either individually or in slideshows. Its online help files contain an excellent discussion on the relative merits of JPEG and GIF image filetypes. Postcardware - I'll try and find a URL for it soon. Unless there's a new version, however, it's getting a bit long in the tooth, as it does not support progressive JPEGs and slideshows glitch in OS8.5 and later.
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