Wakoopa: the most frequently used applications, 2008

Wakoopa, a social network for fans of the software, released a list of frequently used applications to 2008 on the basis of its members.

Wakoopa together not only the most popular Windows, Mac, and Web applications, but he also determined that the newcomers have shown prolific growth during 2008.

Two important points to note before viewing the results:
1. Wakoopa is a relatively small community, which consists mainly of tech fanatics and early adopters. Statistics reflect that.
2. Annexes referred to are not necessarily the most frequently visited applications, and those people who spent the most time-intensive use, that is, those with the highest level of participation of the user.

PC
In Windows, it is not surprising to see Firefox and Internet Explorer as the top two most used applications. Google Chrome is the only new release was made to the list, with an indication of an extremely impressive growth since its release in September. Chromium, however, continue to sit for the Opera in terms of general use, while in Apple Safari, seem to have been retained, at least on Windows.

The most popular new applications in 2008 was an instant messaging client Digsby with a steady growth throughout the year. Games such as Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, and Trackmania all showed positive growth, albeit primarily at the time of their release, with growth from the rapidly cooling.

Mac
Once again, we see Firefox and Safari leading to the Mac, closely followed by the chat client Adium. iTunes is a surprising lack of the most used applications list for Windows (in fact, no media player, did so), but in OS X, iTunes is the platform the most popular media player, landing in fourth place in the list. VLC and QuickTime to follow in respectable 6 th and 7 th place.

Mail, Mac e-mail client, is still popular in the 5 th place, is impressive, given the rapid growth of e-mail clients such as Gmail. One common application for Windows and Mac lists World Warcraft; clearly the game as "Mac and PC."

With respect to new applications, Mac welcomed many excellent applications in 2008. Desktop Media Player Plex showed impressive acquisitions, followed by the Pro-tweeters twitter client Tweetdeck. While still in private beta, cross-platform media player Boxee was wonderfully successful so far, and that will continue to look after its publication in early 2009. Other newcomers include socio-browser Cruz and recently released a social media tool Eventbox, very creative social applications in their own rights.

Mac to PC
There are a number of significant differences in use between Mac and PC applications. First, the exclusion of any web development tools Windows can provide a list of web developers preference for other platforms: OS X and Linux. The most notable missing from the list are the Mac word processors and desktop publishing tools, but TextMate and Adobe Photoshop's appearance confirms the general preference among the ads for the Mac as a platform.

Another difference is the number of media players on the Mac list, but no mention of a PC - perhaps another indication that the computer is used primarily for its business and office applications. In addition, it is interesting to see the iPhone Simulator to pretend on the top 10 list for the new Mac, but made no mention of Windows. Clearly, Mac users are the main source of iPhone developers.

Web
Ten most used web applications are not a surprise. Facebook highest ranks, beating heavyweights Gmail, Google Search, Wikipedia, and YouTube. Gmail is only a web email client that the top ten list, underscoring its popularity over other web email services, particularly in the early adopters and tech-minded people. The most significant appearance on the Internet most of the list of FriendFeed, ranking higher than both MySpace and Flickr; obviously 2008 was a great year for FriendFeed.

Summary
The biggest cross-platform game winners from the sector, with Spore and World of Warcraft as showing the growth and sustainability. While it is clear that it is not surprising that in Mozilla Firefox leading desktop applications on both platforms, rival browser Chrome can show strong growth, especially since the Linux and OS X versions of the browser are released.

Internet, Facebook using reigns supreme. Social network user interaction levels striking. With 2.6 billion minutes spent on Facebook every day, more than 50% of users at the entrance of the day and 140 million active users, it's easy to see why Facebook is the most used Wakoopa Web applications. However, in spite of Facebook in the ranking at number 1, then Google, which is to be crowned leader of the network overall, with four of the top five most used applications on the Internet.

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