June 25, 2003
Our own Corey Marion and Craig Hockenberry have been pounding the floor at WWDC this week, soaking up Steve’s keynote, making contacts, meeting clients and learning cool new stuff. Imagine how surprised we were to see our very own Mr. Marion photographed at the Iconfactory’s WWDC booth on Apple.com. Long, hard hours with just a powerbook and a barstool to lean on, Corey you are a trooper!
June 23, 2003
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website – StockIcons.com. StockIcons.com is geared towards software developers looking for professional quality stock icons for inclusion in their desktop or web-based applications. The icon artists at the factory have taken their skills and experiences and applied them to the creation of high-quality sets of affordable icons.
Each stock set comes complete with 80 individual icons rendered in three pixel sizes – 32×32, 24×24 and 16×16. Each size is provided in a range of file formats including 32-bit TIFs, PNGs, 8-bit GIFs, BMPs and of course Mac .ICNS and Windows .ICO formats.
We invite you to stop by our booth at the Apple Exhibit Fair at WWDC and speak with The Iconfactory’s Founder, Corey Marion, for more info or visit us online. Thanks everyone!
June 18, 2003
Just a quick FYI to let everyone know that The Iconfactory and Polymorph Software, makers of our popular OS 9 software, iControl, have decided to part ways. Because of this, The Iconfactory has assumed technical support for both iControl and IconBrowser. Registered users of these pieces of software can expect the same level of quality support they have received from Polymorph in the past. All of us here at the Iconfactory wish Polymorph the best in their future endeavors.
June 13, 2003
We are pleased to announce that starting today, when you purchase a software product from the Iconfactory, you are doing just that, not going through our old third party system, Kagi. This means that all customer orders are handled more efficiently and more securely than ever before. Now when you order a software product, you will receive your registration number within seconds, not hours or days. Merchandise orders are passed directly to the factory workers for immediate shipping, and we now have the ability to offer special discounts.
Also, we’ve addressed one of the major complaints people had with software orders at the Iconfactory, lost serial numbers. Using our new online Registration Lookup page, you can easily have any of your IF product serial number emailed to you in seconds. Lost your iPulse serial number? No problem, head here. The Registration Lookup page is always easily available.
We hope you enjoy the improvements we’ve made, and we hope they make your experience at the Iconfactory the best it can be.
June 11, 2003
If all goes according to plan, the Iconfactory website will be down for most of the day this Friday for scheduled updates and maintenance. Friday the 13th aside, we think you’ll be pleased with the result, so we ask for your patience while we work to make the factory a more user friendly place. Stay tuned folks!
May 30, 2003
The Iconfactory is pleased to introduce you to the newest member of our pixel-pushing team, Anthony Piraino. Many of you will recognize him from his personal website, one-button mouse.com, and we’re pleased as punch to have him aboard as the demand for icons just seems to go up and up and up! Anthony started with the factory mid-May and has been wandering the assembly line floor familiarizing himself with the facility and all the loonies he’ll be working with. Somehow in all of this, Anthony has managed to pump out his first Iconfactory freeware release – At the Beach. Its a fun and light-hearted set of icons for Mac OS X and Win XP that both kids and adults will enjoy. Please check out At the Beach, and we hope you’ll extend a warm welcome to the newest member of our team to bring you the coolest icons around.
May 20, 2003
That’s right folks, our resident news editor, icon artist and desktop pattern maker extraordinaire, Mindy, is celebrating her birthday today! Everyone here at the factory (especially the Foreman :-) hopes she has a wonderful birthday filled with fun and excitement! You’re the best kiddo!
May 20, 2003
Here at the Iconfactory, we like to keep the bigger projects under wraps until they’re 100% ready – we think it’s more exciting that way! However, we’ve decided to give in to the many requests we’ve been receiving and give everyone a quick peek at our next major software product. We won’t go into the specifics just yet, but we’d like you to know that we’re actually very close to releasing the fantastic new utility that Aqua icon enthusiasts have been asking for!
In a name – Pixadex. the Iconfactory has once again teamed up with the talented people at Panic to bring you a program that does for icons what iPhoto did for images, plus more!
The Iconfactory and Panic have been working hard on Pixadex for months, crafting a powerful feature set and integrating it tightly into our existing product line. It’s quite close to completion, but we believe in taking the time to deliver the professional quality and polish you deserve so we ask that you please be patient just a little longer (we’re not seeking beta testers at this time, but thanks just the same!).
Expect Pixadex to change the way you download and organize icons in Mac OS X. Expect it to offer some incredible, time-saving features. Expect it to have a clean, easy-to-use interface. And, if all goes well, expect it in about a month. Rants? Raves? General musings? Send ‘em along, we’d love to hear from you.
May 16, 2003
Resident pixel maniac, Dave Brasgalla, is pleased to announce that four sets in his popular World of Aqua icon series have been fully converted for use with Windows XP and are available today. If you use XP, then you’ve probably been waiting for these for some time. So go get these new conversion today: World of Aqua 1, World of Aqua 2, World of Aqua 3 and World of Aqua: CandyBar. Enjoy folks!
