December 11, 2007
Corey Marion’s eagerly anticipated system replacement set is now available for download on the Freeware page. Candybar 3 users had a bit of a head start since Float is the bundled default icon set but now everyone can get it. Float includes large icon sizes for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista.
December 6, 2007
Stockicons.com has released the latest collections in the Plateau family of royalty-free stock icons. Two add-on collections are now available as both classic bitmaps and scalable vector PDF files for use in a wide range of projects including print, software and web applications.
Designed around a palette filled with bright and dynamic hues, Plateau is both fun and playful. The family’s bold lines and chunky shapes bring a sense of visual excitement and uniqueness to any project. Plateau Database covers such concepts such as tables, scripts, records, administration and security. Plateau Multimedia provides solutions for common media toolbar elements such as crop, pan, tempo, fast forward, play and more.
Plateau Database is available today for $179 with the scalable EPS version available for $129. Plateau Multimedia is available for $179, and the scalable EPS version can be purchased for $129.
December 4, 2007
New Line Cinema’s The Golden Compass opens in theaters this week, and Iconfactory artist Dave Brasgalla has created some freeware goodies to celebrate. His new desktop picture, Dust is available in widescreen, fullscreen and iPhone formats. And on our Freeware page you’ll find a brand new QuickPix icon based on the truth-telling Alethiometer. Head on over to the Freeware page to download them both.
December 4, 2007
If your Leopard desktop is suffering a drought of creativity, we have just the thing – David Lanham has refreshed his popular Agua System and Agua Extras icon sets. Now all three Agua sets – Agua, Agua Extras Vol. 1, and Agua Apps Vol. 1 – include 512×512 icon sizes and new Dock resources for Leopard. Download all three, then fire up CandyBar 3 for a refreshing change of scenery on your desktop!
November 30, 2007
It’s taken over four years, but this week Futurama marks its long-awaited return to the small screen in the form of Bender’s Big Score on DVD. To mark the occasion of Bender, Fry, Leela and the Professor’s return to our living rooms, Ged has worked hard to bring you volume 5 in his series of icons based on the show.
Futurama Volume 5 – Heads In Jars, has 16 of your favorite celebrities like William Shatner, Lucy Lui, Al Gore, George Takei and many others. But that’s not all, not by a long shot! Futurama Vol. 5’s iContainer includes a custom Leopard Dock built with a technology not yet available here on Earth. Okay, that’s not true, it was made for the newly released CandyBar 3 from Panic. We got a little carried away there, sorry.
And of course, what GUI makeover would be complete without a futuristic desktop? That’s right, Ged’s also got a hilarious Futurama wallpaper just for you – The Krokermite Maneuver, based on the classic Futurama episode, Where No Fan Has Gone Before.
So with all this Groening goodness going on, don’t just sit there, head on over and download Futurama Vol. 5, and the desktop today. Come to think of it, all the previous versions of Futurama have also been recently updated for Leopard with 512×512 resources too, so put those cable modems to good use and get downloading while we enjoy the new movie on DVD. Have fun!
November 28, 2007
From the start, you could tell they were meant to be together. Pixadex, our intuitive and familiar icon organizer, and CandyBar, our safe and cheerful icon customization utility, always worked hand-in-hand to transform your desktop into a place you could call home. Now, thanks to the power of modern computerized technology, unthinkable magic has happened: these two apps have been joined into one!
Introducing CandyBar 3, only for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Brought to you by Panic and the Iconfactory, CandyBar 3 brings the best of CandyBar 2 and Pixadex 2 together into one powerful, new application. CandyBar, as always, lets you easily and safely customize your Leopard system icons like the trash can, volumes, and even the infamous Leopard default folders, so your desktop will be uniquely yours. And now, with Pixadex’s feature set built right into CandyBar, users can import, organize and search huge numbers of icons quickly and easily, making it super simple to find just the right icon.
But wait, there’s more! CandyBar 3 goes even further, allowing users to even customize the look of the Leopard dock, just by simply dragging and dropping new images from the Finder. Better still, specially marked iContainers, now available right here at the Iconfactory, even include built-in replacement Docks, usable with a single click. Go check them out!
With a brand new interface, 512×512 icon support, Quick Look integration in the Finder, super fast icon loading and browsing, improved smart collections, and much more, this is truly an upgrade to be reckoned with.
CandyBar 3 is available today from Panic for the low price of $29. Discount upgrade pricing is available for registered users of both CandyBar 2 and Pixadex 2. Additionally, users who purchased CandyBar 2 or Pixadex 2 on or after October 1st, 2007 qualify for a free, instant upgrade to CandyBar 3.
As an extra bonus, CandyBar 3 also includes a built-in brand new icon set, Float, from Corey Marion. Float is automatically installed on first launch, and with its clean, simple style, makes your system feel lighter than air.
We invite you to visit Panic.com for full details and to download your free trial version today!
November 23, 2007
Due to some technical difficulties that just happened to strike as many of us were sitting down to our Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, the Frenzic.com web server is offline. We’re working hard to get the problem fixed and get the site back up and running, but until it is, players will be unable to log in or synch their scores for the time being.
We ask you to please be patient and hang in there while we sort out these problems as quickly as possible. Thanks for your support and we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
UPDATE: Thanks to the efforts of the Chief Typist, Frenzic.com is once again back up and running. If you are not able to load the site, wait an hour or so and try again. DNS changes are propagating through the Internet. Thanks for your patience.
November 21, 2007
If you’re like us, then you probably love almost everything about Apple’s new Leopard operating system. Of course, there’s the small matter of the default folders that look like they were cut from construction paper with symbols that can barely be read even by the most eagle-eyed users. That’s where Mr. Brasgalla comes in.
Dave has worked up a brand new set of default folder replacements for Leopard that are both simple and elegant. This set also has something special built in that people will be able to enjoy in the days ahead. What that is, we can’t say just yet, but keep your eyes peeled! We invite you to head on over and download Dave’s Leopard Folders for Mac, PC or as a handy iContainer today. Enjoy!
UPDATE: Dave’s original release was missing some key folders for the Leopard OS. He’s added these in now, so if you downloaded this set before 11/26, you’ll want to grab it again.
November 19, 2007
Back in June of this year, we asked for your help in telling Apple that you wanted Frenzic for your shiny new iPhone. Thanks in part to users like yourselves, Apple announced official support for 3rd party iPhone applications on Oct. 17th. While we all wait patiently for the SDK, we’re pleased to announce that starting today, there is a way for you to get your Frenzic fix on your iPhone or iPod touch.
Thanks to the remarkable efforts of Romanian based Robert Neagu and his mad Javascript programming skills, we are happy to have been proven wrong when we said that a web version of Frenzic just wasn’t a good idea. Robert set out to optimize ARTIS Software’s game code for the Safari browser and the result is an effective demonstration of what Frenzic could be like when the native version becomes a reality. The demo is missing sound, doesn’t sync with player accounts and lacks the robust nature of the desktop version, but it’s still loads of fun to play. The demo should come in quite handy while you wait in the early morning hours of those Black Friday shopping lines and beyond. For those of you who have not given Frenzic for the Mac a try, visit Frenzic.com to download a free trial of the game that some have called the best strategy game for Mac OS X, period.
We invite you to head on over to the Frenzic Demo page on your iPhone or iPod touch to give the demo a try and find out just how awesome Frenzic is for touch-screen based play. Enjoy!
