Checking my command history, grep comes out on top.
What's your favorite app of all time?
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Re: What's your favorite app of all time?
#22Recently: Dropbox. Just Brilliant, solved all my problems.
Slightly off topic: MidWinter. Massive believable world, multiple forms of transport. This game sticks in my memory.
Re: What's your favorite app of all time?
#23slrn. That little piece of software is responsible for countless hours of some of the best and most rewarding discussions I've ever had, several international trips, countless drinking sessions with awesome people, and, on at least a couple of occasions, getting me laid.
What more could you want out of software?
Re: What's your favorite app of all time?
#24Emacs. It's the one I still go to for an awful lot of text based work.
(Eclipse has managed to win me over for Java development now.)
Re: What's your favorite app of all time?
#25PC Outline, a brilliant little DOS-based outliner my manager gave me in 1987. He said, "Here, you're organised - you'll like this" and I really did. I use it for everything - prioritised todo lists, packing lists, pseudo code, shopping lists. If you don't have DOS or Windows available, run it in DOSBox. The outliner is available from
http://www.developer-resource.com/free-download/Text-Utiliti...