Mint, the fantastic stats package created by Shaun Inman, graphic design extraordinaire, was upgraded to version 2.0 today. Along with the online component, a new dashboard widget was released as well, which gives a quick look at your traffic stats, directly from the dashboard. Like everything else in Mint, it conveys the right amount of information with a healthy dose of beauty.
Mint is a web app that feels and responds the way a desktop app would, yet has capabilities due to its web-based nature that wouldn’t come so naturally to something you drop in your Applications folder. I like seeing the gap between web and desktop bridged like that, and the addition of integrated widgets only sweetens the deal.
If you’re interested in Mint, you can grab a license for $30 (per domain). If you already use Mint, then an upgrade to Mint 2 costs $19, unless you purchased your license since January 2007, in which case the upgrade is free (as it was in my case.) Mint is the only stats package that can show me that I get literally zero traffic, yet entice me to look at it over and over again.
What's the difference between the $30 Mint and the free Google Analytics?