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What web apps/services have impressed you the most this year? What ones have you used the most? What new apps have been added to your regularly-used list?

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What apps or services would you like to see do well in 2010? What would you like to see change in 2010? What apps have been disappointing or feel they deserve to do better next year? - Kol Tregaskes

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In terms of iPhone apps -- MagicSleep. - Miss Elle

Well I'm, of course, going to say FriendFeed has had a good year - though the FB buy-out make a huge dent. If I think back to last year and what I wasn't using that I am now then Twitter had improved a lot, particularly with the Twitter Lists, which were long overdue. Chrome has become my default browser - I hardly touch Firefox and IE could easily be uninstalled if I could. - Kol Tregaskes

Google Wave was impressive but it needs some serious optimisation and made a lot easier to use. Hopefully next year we'll see some improvements introduced. Groups would be the biggest new feature for me. Facebook is getting used more but it needs a lot more FriendFeed-esque features. - Kol Tregaskes

A tie: Wordpress and Friendfeed. Just hope Friendfeed can stay cutting edge. - laosan

Snaptu. - अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das

Friendfeed and reddit seem to be doing well, with a clean and clear text interface... - TrafficBug

Web apps... Google Wave was a disappointment. Can't really say I have a use for it. Friendfeed had a great year and is my most used web app. Part of what has made friendfeed great for me has been AJ's clean widescreen theme and Micah's huge collection of Greasemonkey scripts. I don't think friendfeed would be quite as enjoyable without them. On the desktop...There is a small,... more... - April Russo (app103)

I still believe Google Wave is exactly what I need for project discussion, support or training that works live and over time and that can stay available through time as new people join in etc. Or a family network thing... Best elements of irc/chat with the best elements of forum/wiki - the potential is there but it was never meant to be a social network, but a work tool/platform. Alas getting the people I collaborate with on Wave will be another thing. - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Reddit, news.yc, pinboard.in, and Grooveshark - Itachi

I see Google Wave as a new form of email, and your Google Wave address should be protected as much as you'd protect your email address (there are some privacy concerns with making it public) Wave would be great if the kind of email you send and receive would be improved by the extra functionality it provides, but most of the email correspondence I receive is just newsletters and alerts,... more... - April Russo (app103)

Bespin hands down. Integral component in replacing desktop apps. - Raphael, Raphael

I'm sure Google Wave will have better year next year. - Kol Tregaskes

I can't live without KatMouse now that I am used to it. - Matt G

Evernote is the biggest new app added to my stable in 2009. And I actually pay for the premium service. SHOCKING. - LANjackal

In the sense that it has helped me access many services in one and like those hits that appear by December and go straight to the top of the charts, I have to say, Google Chrome but with extensions. Believe me I am really sorry to accept this fact. I would prefer some top 5 or top 10 kind of poll :) - Carlos Lorenzo

Matt, what is KatMouse? - Kol Tregaskes

Google Chrome is not really new for me this year. It was virtually my default browser last year. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Same here. Can't surf without it. - Jeremy (on vacation)

For me, the best new app has been Launchy. By far. - Jeremy (on vacation)

Kol KatMouse isn't new but its new for me. Whatever your mouse is on you can scroll. ie you don't have to click on the box to scroll. Kicks arse. - Matt G

Sounds cool. - Kol Tregaskes

ehiti.de/katmouse/ - Matt G

Feedly, posterous, threadsy, and friendfeed, of course. - Michael Fidler

twilio is very cool. I have not use it yet but I like it. I will use - KeremTiryaki

threadsy, posterous, and seesmic (via web) most used. Wave is most impressive but have not been able to implement the way I want. I believe we haven't seen full potential yet. Next year fo-shur. Feedly is reader of choice and Lazyfeed is gaining to give me whats up. - amarquart

Seesmic Desktop is good but he latest version is way to buggy to use so I'm currently using TweetDeck but I'm only using either one (well at least a lot more) because of Twitter Lists. - Kol Tregaskes

Evernote Premium and Flickr Premium I still pay for so they must get a mention. But definitely Friendfeed and Twitter. - Mathew A. Koeneker

I would say Evernote, Dropbox , Feedly and of course Friendfeed. IN the past 3 months I have used the first 2 and just amazed at how I did work before. I am looking for Lazyfeed and posterous to be huge for me next year as I learn how to use them the best. For the iphone I say biteSMS, Cycorder and Pixelpipe have been big for me along with Shazaam. Also, cinch will be huge for me next year. - Amani

Bandcamp.com This site is a godsend to musicians and also very good for music fans (the latter because it offers a large choice of file formats to buy in and also makes it easy to embed music and share via social media). - Spidra Webster

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