Sunday, March 28, 2004

Building Better Applications

I see a lot of good ideas and a lot of software that could be written better. In most cases the software that I like and would actually pay money for are the applications that integrate well with windows or other commonly used applications. I use NewsGator not because there is a lack of free blog aggregators, but because NewsGator is easier to use. It adds a popup menu in IE so that I can easily subscript to new blogs. It is an Outlook plug-in so I don’t have to learn a new tool. It also has a website to check my blogs when I am away from my computer. It integrates well into the tools that I use everyday. This is what separates good software from great software.

Good job NewsGator.

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