→ Coda 2 released, half-price today: I’ve previously done all of my web development in TextMate, but I bought both Codas today and I’m going to give them a shot. Panic’s other apps are so great that I trust them enough to take the chance. (Via Marco.org) I agree with Marco on this point completely. Panic has such a good track record that I was willing to pick up both of these apps just to give them a shot. I don’t expect to be dropping BBEdit…

> Some other free apps, Kindle for Mac, VLC, and HandBrake, were not here. What does this tell us? A lot of developers may have adopted a wait-and-see attitude, or simply didn’t get their apps ready in time to make the App Store launch. Ged Meheux from Icon Factory told us on last Sunday’s [TUAW Talkcast](http://tuaw.com/tag/tuawtalkcast) that they just weren’t ready to release Twitterrific 4 on Day One. via [tuaw.com](http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/06/missing-mac-apps-we-hoped-wed-see/)Uh, guys. What this…

> Given that, why the concern over how Apple handles the Mac App Store? Can’t developers just choose whether or not to go through the store? Of course. But the risk here—and make no mistake, it’s a risk for both developers and users because of the impact it will have on software diversity—is that if the Mac App Store becomes popular enough, users may eventually expect, mistakenly or not, that it’s the only place they can get (or at least want to get) Mac software. If…