The Breakroom • A blog for the Iconfactory

Your Rank Ain’t What It Used to Be

August 30, 2007

Mac users who have discovered the addictive nature of our challenging puzzle game for OS X, Frenzic, know that rank is everything. Every day of the week players scratch and claw their way up the global leaderboard in the hopes of increasing their rank to earn the praise and admiration of their pie-peers.

We’re pleased to announce that starting today, there is a new and easy way to keep track of your Frenzic rank and high score – the Frenzic Dashboard Widget. Simply download, install and enter your player name into this free widget to instantly know your current rank, high score and devotion level in the Frenziverse. You can even drag multiple copies into Dashboard to keep a watchful eye on your closest competitors. If you wanna be the Grandmaster, you gotta know who’s on your tail!

If you’ve not been brave enough to check out Frenzic yet, we dare you to head on over and download and play the game that WIRED called “Mac-Only Crack”. Frenzic is available for $14.95, includes unlimited local game play forever, as well as six months of free online features. The Frenzic Dashboard Widget is freeware and available now from the sidebar at Frenzic.com.

All iPhone, All The Time

August 28, 2007

By Webmaster

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’ve just had an article published at A List Apart. In issue #244, I present some of the topics that I’ve encountered in the process of thinking about how the iPhone affects this and other sites run by the Iconfactory. This article is the first of two parts.

If you’re interested in web design and how it affects the iPhone, I invite you to head on over and check it out.

Announcing Dine-O-Matic 2!

August 22, 2007

By Webmaster

We are pleased to announce the long-awaited sequel to our popular Dashboard widget Dine-O-Matic. Does your family have a hard time deciding on where to head for dinner? Your co-workers want to go one place for lunch, but you want to go some place else? No problem, enter your selections into Dine-O-Matic and let the food fates decide! Created by the Iconfactory and Joe Roback, version 2 of Dine-O-Matic includes several new and exciting features that makes selecting a place to eat out even more fun than ever before. Here are just some of the improvements that await you in version 2:

Custom Cuisine Categories – Want to add your own style of restaurant to Dine-O-Matic’s list of cuisine types? Now you can!
Expanded Restaurant Info – Dine-O-Matic now displays all of the information for a given eatery right on the front of the widget including address, phone number, website address and more.
Price Filtering – Want to select from inexpensive dining locales for tonight’s meal? With version 2.0’s price filtering option, now you can exclude those snobby five star restaurants with just a single click!
Google Maps Integration & more!

Dine-O-Matic version 2.0 is completely free and available now for Mac OS X 10.4 or later. We invite you to head on over to the product’s home page to learn all about what’s new and download the widget today. If you enjoy this free application, please help support our efforts by registering one of our other fine software products. Bon App

“Pay attention class!”

August 21, 2007

By Webmaster

Arriving just in time for the new school year comes a fun, new desktop picture from resident anime nut, Mindy. This time around the competitive English teacher with a lead foot, Yukari Tanizaki, takes charge and leads the gang from Azumanga Daioh in a daily lesson. Be sure to go to the head of the class by grabbing this light-hearted desktop picture for your Mac, PC or iPhone today!

Yeah, Scratch That

August 20, 2007

By Webmaster

Thanks to our ever-industrious Chief Typist, our previous report that none of the workers had hacked or modified their iPhones is now but a distant memory. If you follow Craig’s blog over at Furbo.org, then you know he’s broken into his iPhone like an otter cracks into a clam. We can blame the

iPhonica Vol. 3 Arrives

August 7, 2007

By Webmaster

As Apple’s iPhone becomes more and more a fixture of everyday life, the demand for all things related to our favorite cell phone continues to grow. So artist, Kate England, is only too happy to oblige with this week’s freeware release of her third installment in the iPhonica style. Volume 3 features iPhone style gumdrops for each of Apple’s iLife applications and looks great on the desktop of both Mac and PC users alike. Head on over to the freeware page and grab these soothing squares today!

UPDATE: Kate has added a new icon to the set – the iLife ‘08 version of iMovie. So if you’ve downloaded iPhonica Volume 3 already, go download it again. And if you haven’t downloaded it yet, what are you waiting for?

Announcing Frenzic 1.2

July 31, 2007

By Webmaster

Announcing the immediate release of Frenzic version 1.2 for Mac OS X. This latest release introduces new options designed especially for colorblind players. Game play in Frenzic depends on being able to quickly place pieces based on their color – not an easy task if you’re colorblind.

Version 1.2 features new preference settings that allows players who may have trouble distinguishing the appearance of the default pie pieces, to color combinations that are easily visible. Three new color settings are now available in version 1.2, as well as other minor performance updates.

Frenzic version 1.2 is free to registered users and is available today for $14.95. A special Guru Bundle is also available with unlimited online features for life for the low price of $24.95.

No Guts, No iGlory!

July 28, 2007

By Webmaster

It’s safe to say we love our iPhones. So far, Talos, Craig and Ged have all taken the plunge and become early adopters of Apple’s cool 1.0 product, with no regrets. The iPhone is a perfect testament to Apple’s philosophy of elegance, ease of use and friendly user interface design, and all indications point to a success of “iPod proportions” for our favorite fruit company.

Of course, there are those who are never satisfied with the status quo, and feel the need to tinker and tweak even the coolest gadget. Developers and users alike have started to modify or “mod” their iPhones using a wide range of tools from the Terminal to new GUI based apps like iFuntastic. Hacking your iPhone with these methods can be downright risky, and although the iPhone can be “reset” to factory condition easily, we’re still not completely sold on the idea.

For those willing to take the risk however, a whole new world of iPhone goodness opens up. Users can customize their home screens, change icons at will, install custom ring tones and more. To get an idea of just what awaits you in the world of iPhone modding, head on over to One Button Mouse to check out Tim Brown’s customized home screen. Tim used Anthony’s popular Litho series to give his iPhone a fresh feel that would have any geek foaming at the mouth.

Although none of the workers have played mad scientist on their own phones yet, we’re none-the-less excited to see where these modding tools and techniques will take us in the months ahead. Perhaps an app will come along that safely does for the iPhone what CandyBar does for the Mac. In the meantime, we’ll keep using Marimba and loving every minute of it. To quote our favorite Phil, “Have fun, and travel safe!”

Announcing IconBuilder for Windows 2.0

July 25, 2007

By Webmaster

We are pleased to announce that the Windows version of our professional filter for constructing icons, IconBuilder, has been updated to handle the creation of large format, 256×256 ICO files for Windows Vista. The filter also offers a host of new features that icon artists everywhere will appreciate. Here is a highlight of just some of the new features that IconBuilder for Windows 2.0 has to offer:

Added support for 256

Dine-O-Matic Icons On Special!

July 18, 2007

By Webmaster

Anyone who’s tried our fun, free desktop widget Dine-O-Matic, will be familiar with this week’s freeware icon release. We’ve taken all of those fun, neon eateries and created a slick icon set for use on the desktop just for you. These icons make great folder icons, iChat avatars and even clever Address Book icons for use with the new iPhone.

How’s that you say? Well, using the Dine-O-Matic icon set, you can now assign a cool neon icon to all of your local restaurants in your Mac’s Address Book. Once you sync those updated eateries with your shiny new iPhone, they’ll be no doubt about who has the coolest contact list! Ged’s even put together a short video tutorial over on his blog showing step by step how you can get the most out of this new icon collection for your iPhone. Head on over to gedblog and check it out.

Lastly, be sure to stay tuned to the Dine-O-Matic home page in the days to come as we get ready to unveil the all new Dine-O-Matic v.2.0 Dashboard widget! Yep, you heard right, an improved DOM is heading your way very soon with new and exciting features that we know you’ll be excited to sink your teeth into. Grab the icons for your Mac or PC today, and then keep your eyes open for the all new Dine-O-Matic 2.0 coming soon to a factory near you!

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