The Breakroom • A blog for the Iconfactory

It’s Tuesday Again! Announcing The G5 System

September 9, 2003

Iconfactory artist and pixel junkie, Dave Brasgalla, has expanded the icon collection he started in G5 Drives to now include a complete system replacement set. G5 System is visually based on the industrial design of Apple’s newly released G5 towers and is rendered in cool and meticulous detail for use in your OS X toolbars and desktop.

CandyBar users will be pleased to learn that G5 System comes complete as an easy to use iContainer that will instantly set your default system icons with a simple double-click. The iContainer version also contains the toolbar icons needed to complete your thematic makeover, a special addition not included in either the Mac or the Windows downloads.

As new sets come down the assembly line, we encourage you to drop us a note and let us know your thoughts about “New Icon Tuesday’s” at The Iconfactory. We love feedback, so don’t be afraid to let yourself be heard. Thanks all!

It’s the Par-Cheesiest!

September 2, 2003

By Webmaster

This week our New Icon Tuesday release pays tribute to that classic race and chase game of Parcheesi. IF News hound and icon artist Mindy, has created bold and colorful icons based on Hasbro’s newly updated version of India’s ancient national game. You don’t need to roll a five to get off of start, just head over and download this beautiful icon collection.

Circle The Wagons!

August 28, 2003

By Webmaster

To complement her Wild West icon set, artist Kate England has created a companion desktop background at Marmalade Moon. In addition, artist Dave Brasgalla has rustled up an iChat sound set full of the aura of the old west, minus the hot lead. Mosey on over to Pixelhaus and pick up it up today. Yee ha!

Saddle Up for New Icon Tuesdays!

August 26, 2003

By Webmaster

Our weekly releases of new icon sets continue with a fun new collection from Iconfactory artist Kate England – Wild West. This new set of freeware icons conjures up images of tumbleweeds, ghost towns and tall tales and includes icons that any fan of the old west will love. Wild West comes as either Mac or Windows icons as well as a handy iContainer for use with Pixadex. So hop on your horse and mosey over to download Wild West, you won’t regret it pardner!

A SoBig Deal

August 22, 2003

By Webmaster

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When it comes to computer viruses, Mac users have a definite advantage over their Windows using counterparts. This fact has been of little comfort however over the past week. The now infamous SoBig.f virus has become one of the fastest spreading computer viruses in history and clogs the inboxes of both PC and Mac users alike.

The IF workers have been hit hard by this nasty little bug – the webmaster account has gotten an average of 150 infected emails an hour. All this from PC users who have added our email addresses to their address books and not bothered to use anti-virus software. Needless to say we’re frustrated. What really tops the cake however are all of the secondary messages coming from anti-virus gateways and system administrators telling us “You have a virus, you need to disinfect your computer”. If these guys were really experts, they would realize that sender’s addresses are being spoofed and replying to these infected messages just adds insult to injury. We’ll continue to filter our messages as we ride out the storm, and if you use a PC, we beg you to clean your system!

Pesky iCal icon

August 21, 2003

By Webmaster

Corey has quietly revised his recent Smoothicons 6 release to take care of that iCal icon in the Dock that switches back to the original one when you launch it. You can download the updated set now. Be sure to check out the Read Me file for step-by-step instructions.

Trash Talk

August 19, 2003

By Webmaster

It’s Tuesday again, and this week’s freeware icon release is Garbage In, Garbage Out. This set of trash can replacement icons by factory worker Anthony Piraino portrays five different subjects, each with an “empty” and a “full” state. Choose your favorite and drag the icons into CandyBar for a fast and fun makeover of your Dock’s trash can. Garbage In, Garbage Out can be downloaded now for Mac OS X, Windows XP, and as an iContainer for Pixadex.

New Stock Icon Set

August 13, 2003

By Webmaster

We are pleased to announce that the Satin collection is now available at Stockicons.com. If you are a developer or webmaster who needs icons for an app or a website head over to Stockicons.com and check out this latest release. You can also see a sneak preview of the next stock icons set which is on the assembly line now.

A Smooth New Dock

August 12, 2003

By Webmaster

Our weekly freeware icon updates continue this week with another addition to Corey Marion’s ever popular Smoothicons collection. This latest release brings the series up to date with the latest Apple hardware and addresses a long-standing request, replacement icons for the iApps! If you are using CandyBar and the Smoothicons 5 set your Apple software will look right at home on the dock next to the Smoothicons Finder and Trash Can icons. Head over and pick up them up in Mac OS X, Windows XP and Candybar iContainer formats.

Another Reason to Love Pixadex

August 6, 2003

By Webmaster

The workers have been re-discovering the joys of Classic OS 9 icons thanks to iChat and Pixadex. Using iChat AV and our newly released icon organization program, Pixadex, you can change your 32×32 buddy icons quicker than a New York minute. Some might call it a time waster, but we just call it fun. We encourage you to hit the Warehouse to browse all those Classic icon sets you might have overlooked that make awesome buddy avatars.

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