The Breakroom • A blog for the Iconfactory

IconBuilder 8.5 for Adobe CS3/Intel

April 26, 2007

Announcing the immediate release of IconBuilder 8.5 for Mac OS X. This latest update to our professional Photoshop & Fireworks filter for creating icons on the Macintosh, now fully supports Adobe’s new CS3 set of tools. The filter’s architecture has been re-engineered from the ground up in Xcode to take advantage of CS3’s new plug-in structure and is optimized for use with Apple’s Intel line of Mac desktops.

IconBuilder allows icon artists to harness the powerful feature sets of Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks to create professional, high-quality icons for both Mac OS X and Windows Vista quickly and easily. Many of the icons users interact with every day, including those from yesterday’s Design Services update, were constructed with IconBuilder.

IconBuilder v.8.5 is available today for Mac OS X for $79.00 USD. Users who purchased IconBuilder 8.x after 01.Jan.07 are entitled to a free upgrade. The upgrade price for prior purchases is $30.00.

‘Featured Client Projects’ Update

April 26, 2007

By Webmaster

Today, we are pleased to bring our visitors a fresh update to the Iconfactory’s portfolio of featured client projects. This update represents hundreds of hours of design and production for such notable clients as Microsoft, the London Stock Exchange, Audodesk, Wal-Mart, Roxio and others. We have been privileged to lend our professional design services to such notable projects as Windows Vista, Roxio Central, Walmart.com and most recently, Panic’s website creation app for Mac OS X – Coda.

We invite you to browse these latest portfolio entries as well as our other noteworthy client work in our Design Services section today. Enjoy.

Panic’s ‘Coda’ Grows on You

April 23, 2007

By Webmaster

Our good friends over at Panic marked their 10th anniversary as Mac software developers today with their landmark release of Coda. Coda is a single window environment for creating websites that features built in HTML, CSS, FTP and even Terminal support. Take your favorite apps used to create websites and bring them together into one really cool piece of software and you get Coda.

We’re especially proud of our affliation with Panic since they started developing for the Mac only a short time after us. Our two companies have “grown up” together and we’ve formed a fantastic working relationship with them. Panic is the brains behind the ever popular Mac apps Pixadex and CandyBar and we’ve done the icon design for all of their apps to date. We’re pleased to say that they once again allowed us to contribute to Coda’s success via its icon suite. Its a privilege to work with people devoted to making the best software possible for the Mac, and so we just wanted to wish them the best of luck with this amazing release. If you have not checked out Coda yet, you owe it to yourself to get on over and download it today. Congrats on ten years guys, here’s to ten more going strong!

Frenzic Players Get Bragging Rights

April 18, 2007

By Webmaster

The online player community over at Frenzic.com gets a big boost today with the addition of a new comment system. Now all registered users of Frenzic can communicate with each other via their official website player cards. Have you always wanted to know a player’s strategy but couldn’t ask? Now you can! Keep up with players of similar devotion levels, track feedback from friends or just socialize and have fun.

Frenzic is an exciting new puzzle-based game in the spirit of Tetris and Bejeweled that is taking the Mac community by storm. We hope you enjoy the updates we’ve made to Frenzic.com as we strive to strengthen our player community. If you’ve not checked it out, we urge you to visit Frenzic.com and find out why so many people are proud to call themselves addicted. Watch for more new and exciting features in the weeks and months ahead. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ve got to get back to sorting!

Pixels, the Universe and Everything…

April 16, 2007

By Webmaster

If you’ve ever wondered what goes through the brains of icon designers as they work their mojo, you are in luck. 37signals invited Iconfactory Principals Corey Marion and Dave Brasgalla to an informal Fireside Chat to discuss the state of icons and icon design. They met up online with noted icon artists Brian Brasher and Josh Williams of Firewheel Design as well as Jon Hicks of Hicks Design and Michael Schmidt of Cuban Council for a fun and informative rap.

This first in a three part series, delves into the designer’s favorite creations, thoughts about the new Adobe CS3 icon suite and more. Its a easy read that offers a glimpse into just what we do around here from day to day. If you’re a fan of pixels, design or just plain icons, you’ll enjoy it. Check it out.

A Nyu for You!

April 10, 2007

By Webmaster

‘Elfen Lied’ first premiered in Japan in July of 2004, and tells the tale of Lucy, a mutant with powers both amazing and frightening. Lucy has a split personality, one half of which is Nyu, the happy-go-lucky spirit portrayed in today’s desktop picture courtesy of Mindy. Although the series has been both praised and criticized for its odd mix of extreme violence and ultra-cuteness, fans agree its worth a look. Now a small part of ‘Elfen’ is ready to be downloaded as a cool desktop picture for your Mac or PC. Head on over and check it out!

iPulse 2.1.8 and Twitterrific 2.0

April 5, 2007

By Webmaster

Preview

The Chief Typist has been slaving away the past few weeks to bring you updates to two of our most popular software products.

First up is our Mac OS X monitoring utility, iPulse. iPulse lets you quickly get a feel for what Mac OS X is doing under the hood via a unified, concise interface that is completely customizable. Version 2.1.8 of iPulse fixes several bugs including reporting process information, properly displaying network statistics when disconnecting from a VPN, and localization. In addition, in the “strange coincidence” department, iPulse now supports CPU reporting on Macs with up to 8 processors as well as Leopard. iPulse 2.1.8 is a free update to registered users of iPulse and is available for $12.95.

Also being updated today is our popular client for reading and posting to the Twitter network – Twitterrific. Version 2.0 has gone through some serious improvements since its initial release as well as several important bug fixes and represents a “must have” upgrade to anyone using Twitter on the Mac.

Here are just some of the cool new features you’ll find in Twitterrific v. 2.0:

Tweets can be displayed inline
The text entry field can now be resized
Tweets now maintain true read/unread states
Twitterrific checks your spelling as you type
Many, many more!

Be sure to visit the Twitterrific home page to get the complete skinny on this amazing, and totally free, application that is taking the Macintosh Twitter community by storm.

We ask you to support our efforts to bring you quality freeware and shareware by purchasing one of our fine software products. We offer programs to fit many different needs and tastes, including our very first entry in Mac gaming – Frenzic. We strive to bring the highest quality user experience to your desktop and ask you to consider registering one today. Thank you!

“A little birdie told us…”

April 5, 2007

By Webmaster

Those who use Twitterrific know by now how fast information spreads via Twitter. What you may not know is that tomorrow is Twitterrific v. 2.0 day and we’ve got some special stuff planned. If you want to be one of the first to know when its available, as well as have a chance to win some ultra-cool software, then head on over to Twitterrific’s Twitter page and make the app your friend. You’ll hear the announcements via Twitter before they appear at the factory and that gives you the leg up! The clock is ticking… go!

Call for Strategy Tips

March 30, 2007

By Webmaster

The fine folks over at Frenzic.com (hey, isn’t that us?) have put out a challenge to all those addicted souls who have been sorting pie pieces since the game was released last February. We’re looking for your best strategy tips to help newbies climb the Frenzic ladder in their quest to reach the top of the Leaderboard. Head on over to Frenzic.com to learn more… a pie is a terrible thing to waste.

Logica Basic EPS Stock Set Released

March 28, 2007

By Webmaster

StockIcons.com has released a scalable EPS version of our popular Logica Basic stock icon collection, perfect for large format, print and web applications. With rich shading and lively colors, Logica Basic EPS is a versatile stock icon collection that brings vibrancy and style to both applications and websites.

Logica Basic EPS is 100% vector based and contains a single, scalable vector file for each icon. The collection is available today for $249.00 USD.

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