David Watanabe releases 1.0 versions of Xtorrent and Inquisitor

It seems like this spring weather is causing all of the developers to get frisky and start releasing applications. David Watanabe, author of Newsfire and the Acquisition P2P app, has just released 1.0 versions of his two newest products into the wild. The two products are Xtorrent, a BitTorrent application with a notably gorgeous interface, and Inquisitor, his Safari search extender.

Xtorrent has been in beta for a while now, and has been lauded for its interface. It also features torrent search, filtering by content types, RSS torrent subscriptions, and a bunch of other goodies. There's been some controversy regarding Xtorrent and Transmission, and just how many ideas they're borrowing from each other, but Xtorrent is certainly a viable BitTorrent option. There's a free trial available, however it's rate-limited, and the full version will cost you $20 for lots of downloading (of legal material) goodness.

Inquisitor is billed as "Spotlight for the Web," and is a Safari search extender. It ties into the Safari search box and shows the top search results without having to go to the Google search page. It also includes autocomplete for search terms and keyboard shortcuts to access other search engines. Now, I don't find myself jonesing for a better search box all that often, but this little program seems worthwhile. The price is right for me, too: it's free.

Whether you're in the market for some new applications to enliven your OS X experience or not, both of these applications are worth taking for a spin, so go check them out.