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On MBW 48: Pick of the Week is Fly Gesture
Merlin Mann | Jul 11 2007
MacBreak Weekly 48: The Next Big Thing
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Andy Ihnatko, The Macalope Variable pricing comes to iTunes, iPhone hacks, and where's the Mac? Here's a direct MP3 download of MBW 48. My pick for this week's MacBreak Weekly is Fly Gesture, which is a nifty little freeware app from Flying Meat's boy genius, Gus Mueller. Like it says on FG's home page:
Mac users are familiar with doing stuff by clicking predefined menus with a mouse or by executing key commands, but Fly Gesture -- like Quicksilver's Abracadabra or Firefox's mouse gestures -- takes a different approach, allowing you to invoke bits of Mac functionality by drawing shapes with your mouse. For certain kinds of tasks -- changing tabs in a browser, jumping to a favorite page -- gestures can be a faster and more painless way to get around. Regardless of preferences, though, I think this is just a really pretty application, and it's cool of Gus to give it away for free. (Maybe say thanks by picking up the awesome VoodooPad.) POSTED IN:
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