The Breakroom

Candybar 3 Revved

January 11, 2008

Panic has been under the hood of the latest version of Candybar again and has another quick update ready to go. Version 3.1.2 patches a few bugs and fixes a few reliability issues and is a free update for registered Candybar 3 users. Check the release notes to see what has been polished and visit […]

Arcade Daze Gets Rad Update

January 9, 2008

Video warriors assemble! If you enjoyed the recently updated Arcade Daze Galaxian, then you’re in for a special treat. Ged has now updated the original Arcade Daze, set that started it all with new, super-pixel sizes for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista. Now Mario doesn’t need to eat power mushrooms to grow huge, […]

The fine folks over at MacThemes have published an excellent look at CandyBar, the icon customization and organization tool from Panic and the Iconfactory. Our very own Foreman, Gedeon Maheux and the co-founder of Panic Software, Cabel Sasser, sat down with Austin Heller and Luis Sosa (virtually at least) to answer tons of questions about […]

Scheduled Iconfactory Downtime

December 26, 2007

Panic and The Iconfactory will be moving our web hosting services in the next few days. As a result, all of the Iconfactory websites will experience 24-48 hours of scheduled downtime. This maintenance will effect users attempting to visit The Iconfactory, Stockicons.com, Frenzic.com and MarbleofDoom.com. We’ll do our best to make this downtime as quick […]

Year In Review for 2007

December 21, 2007

It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating our 10th anniversary and writing our traditional year ending post for 2006. Now, another year has flown by and it’s time to let the pixels rest until we meet again in 2008. Looking back on the past twelve months reveals new software, icons, desktops and even a […]

Knicks and Knacks of 2007

December 20, 2007

It’s that time of the year again. The workers have shut down their Macs and put their WACOM tablets into cold storage so they can spend time with their families this holiday season. But before we leave, we’ve dutifully rounded up all of the various one-offs we released this year and packaged them up in […]

CandyBar 3.1.1 Squashes Bugs

December 20, 2007

The programming elves over at Panic have been working overtime this December and now they have another update to CandyBar ready just for you. CandyBar 3.1.1 fixes several important bugs related to saving out iContainers as well as improvements to the entire exporting process. These fixes and others make the free 3.1.1 update a must […]

Need a last minute Christmas gift for that special Mac user in your life? How about just a fun stocking stuffer for yourself? You’ve been a good person this year, and MacSanta knows it, that’s why today, December 19th, you can save 20% off the normal purchase price of Frenzic. Just head on over to […]

Anthony locked himself away in the basement print lab with some etching materials and a copy of CandyBar 3 and told us he wasn’t coming out until he had something special just for you. We’re pleased to report that he’s emerged and brought an all-new copy of his popular Litho System with him, now with […]

‘Tis the Season!

December 13, 2007

With only a precious few shopping days left, Ged has updated his holiday icon release from 2003, Winter Wonderland, just in time for Christmas. This fun and bright set of desktop icons is now complete with 512×512 and 256×256 sizes for Leopard and Vista and even includes new, iPhone inspired versions as well. In addition, […]