Focusing on Mac OS X

If my crazy love for all small utilities to facilitate the life of a normal user in Mac OS X, many of them, including messenger and recently updated Skype client, Tweetie, Growl and other, often extremely distracting and do not give focus on the work. Today I'll tell you about some interesting desktop programs that can make a difference.

Let's start with the most simple application called IsolatorWhich obscures the entire screen except for the active application windows, the Dock and menu bar. In the settings you can select Isolator behavior at startup, the keyboard shortcut, in which "turns on" blackout, its appearance in the press reaction icons in the menu bar, and so on. In addition to filling in one color developer added some effects of background display windows like a blur, crystallization, glow, allowing to adjust the speed of their appearance and the filter radius.

The second is a similar program Think. As Isolator, the utility is able to bring to the fore a specific application window. However, the user is offered a special panel, which displays the icons of all currently running programs. Is required to click on it - and the screen is dark. The application is no dialogue settings, so all you need (exit button, color shading and transparency) is displayed in an additional panel which becomes during operation slightly visible.

Unfortunately, I Think revealed several problems - the utility does not work in different Spaces and displays only the active window of the application.

And finally, I'll talk about a program that allows you to concentrate on the work of writers. In contrast to previous applications, OmmWirter "Fills" a whole screen, hiding all elements of the interface Mac OS X and other window. In the middle of the workspace there is a field for input, the size of which can be changed under him, and the right displays a menu editor with settings that let you select image and font size, background image and sound support.

At the time of writing the text menu items disappear, leaving the author of "one on one" with my thoughts, and sounding light music allows you to fully concentrate on the presentation of his thoughts.

By the way, if you have your favorite applications or techniques of concentration, be sure to tell us about it in the comments.