Panic and The Iconfactory have updated our popular icon organizational program, Pixadex to version 1.5.3. Pixadex is now compatible with CandyBar 2.0. Pixadex now supports iContainers that contain application icons and the “Send to CandyBar” functions work once again. These, plus other minor bug fixes are included in this free update for registered users. Pixadex is shareware and is available today for $18.95.
The Breakroom
Pixadex Updated
November 5, 2004
“If we can dream it…”
November 2, 2004
This week’s freeware icon release will spark memories for anyone who has visited Disney’s EPCOT Center theme park in Orlando, Florida. Iconfactory Foreman, Gedeon Maheux, has created a set of network volumes and hard drive icons based around the logos of the original pavilions of EPCOT. Slick and futuristic, like EPCOT itself, these glowing discs embody the spirit of the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow and look great in the OS X dock or on a PC desktop. We invite you download EPCOT Network Nodes today for Mac or PC or as a Pixadex iContainer.
Another Halloween Come and Gone
November 1, 2004
The ghosts and goblins have returned to their place of rest and kids everywhere are coming down from their sugar highs. Yep, Halloween is over once again and now our attention turns towards the end of the year and two other of our favorite holidays. We hope you enjoyed our spooky make-over this year and hope you had a fun and safe Halloween. On a side note, in case you live in the U.S. and have been living under a rock, tomorrow is election day. You’ve heard it before, but we’ll add our voice to the chorus and say “Get out and vote!”. There we said it, now on with the show.
The Curse That Halloween Forgot
October 28, 2004
Pigs are flying, hell has apparently frozen over and the Curse of the Bambino is, appropriately enough, history. Yes, the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 Championship World Series last night, something that generations of fans have not seen since 1918. The Iconfactory workers (especially the Foreman and the NewsHound) join our hands in celebration for these self-proclaimed “bunch of idiots” and savor the sweet taste of victory. After the historic comeback to beat the NY Yankees, we thought the World Series Championship wouldn’t quite measure up. Boy, were we wrong. Congrats to the Sox, their organization, the fans and all the players who came before this 2004 team who are sleeping a bit easier tonight. Whoo hoo!!
Pixelpalooza On Hiatus
October 22, 2004
We wanted to take a moment and let our visitors know that we’ve decided not to hold our annual icon design contest, Pixelpalooza, this year. The contest continues to be a success each year it is held, but it also represents huge amounts of work for the factory employees. So, we’ve decided to take a break this year and we hope you’ll understand why in the coming months. We thank you for your support on this decision and would ask you to hold email comments regarding the contest. Hopefully things will be back to normal in 2006, now back to our regularly scheduled program of icons…
Satin Database Stock Icons Released
October 20, 2004
Announcing the immediate availability of our latest royalty-free icon collection from StockIcons.com. Building on the success of one of our most popular collections, Satin: Database Add-On is an extension of the original Satin stock icon set. This new set extends into the realm of databases with icons covering such specialized concepts as tables, scripts, records, and many others. Satin: Database Add-On contains 52 unique icons in multiple sizes and formats and is available today for $179.00 USD.
“You throw me the icons, I throw you the whip!”
October 12, 2004
Join Indiana Jones in his quest for the Ark of the Covenant with this week’s free icon release – Raiders of the Lost Ark. Iconfactory artist Anthony Piraino has unearthed a set of richly detailed icons based on the classic movie from Lucasfilm, so grab your whip and swing on over to snag these icons in Mac, PC or Pixadex iContainer format.
A New Treat for Halloween – CandyBar 2.0, No Tricks!
October 7, 2004
CandyBar, everyone’s favorite Mac OS X utility for customizing system level icons, has just been updated to version 2.0! This major update includes several of the most frequently requested features from our users, including the ability to customize the icons of installed applications as well as their associated toolbar and document icons, quick customization of volumes, an expanded selection of System icons, auto-updating, and more!
In CandyBar’s new “Applications” panel, CandyBar scans your hard drive for installed apps, then lets you drag in replacements from the Finder or from Pixadex to quickly change the app icons. An “App Extras” view allows you to examine an application’s icon contents (including toolbar icons and document icons) to quickly change those as well. As always, reverting back to original icons is quick, easy and safe too, and CandyBar is not a “haxie” or a patch that could potentially destabilize running applications.
We invite you to visit the CandyBar homepage to learn more about what’s new and to download the program. CandyBar 2.0 is shareware and is available from Panic for the low price of $12.95 USD. Registered users of CandyBar 1.0 can upgrade to version 2.0 for a pittance of $6.95. Those who registered CandyBar after September 1st, 2004 are entitled to a free upgrade.
Update: Panic has released a new version of CandyBar that includes bug fixes and minor tweaks. Version 2.0.1 is available now and is a free update to registered users of CB 2.0.
