Why didn’t I hear of this sooner? I’ve been wanting an application that does what Little Snitch does for a long time.
It monitors outgoing network traffic from all applications, and asks whether or not you’re OK with the connection. It’s simple, unobtrusive, and provides a worthwhile service. Like the majority of OS X apps (sorry Windows), it’s stylish to boot.
This screenshot shows the primary interaction once it’s up and going, and is a great example of how to ask a user simple questions to produce a detailed rule.
- Big icon lets you know the context immediately, and is reinforced by the large main label
- Good use of tabs to indicate the timespan of the rule (it smartly defaults to “Until Quit”