Apple (AAPL), in what has been well-rumored for quite sometime, has officially launched the Apple.com Webapps Directory. While these apps are often very interesting and offer a wide variety of choices, they’re still Safari based.

The Webapps Directory is an enormous leap over having no method of downloading any free Safari-based webapps. The Webapps Directory can be found at: http://www.apple.com/webapps/