Any votes for HotDog?

Portland, Oregon - Out of undergrad I used a product called HotDog from Sausage Software (and yes when you closed down the program it went "woof") to edit HTML, and I relied heavily on the integration with PaintShop Pro for image editing.

So while I had PhotoShop installed, I found that for most of my tasks the "one click" access and quick launch of PaintShop Pro trumped the lack of capabilities.  

 

That got me thinking, what is the 2009 version of Hot Dog or MS Paint for image editing? Google's Picasa has made some tremendous advancements, including a facial recognition feature, but what about the upstarts... the companies and products that the masses haven't heard about yet? 

Some of these new products, including Picnik.com are geared toward the active social networking user and of course PhotoShop.com service fits this mold.  What are your favorite application upstarts or is it Adobe or Bust for you?

Oh, and just so you know, Sausage Software has a new product called "HotSocial"... I was afraid to find out more from work.