Our unique and flexible system monitoring utility, iPulse, has been tweaked with numerous bug fixes and some enhancements for Mac OS X Panther. See a more complete list of what’s new and download this free update now.
The Breakroom
iPulse updated to 2.0.1
December 5, 2003
xScope Earns High Marks
December 1, 2003
The verdict from users and critics alike is in – xScope is a important tool that no designer should be without. ARTIS Software and The Iconfactory released xScope two weeks ago and the response we’ve received has been tremendous to say the least. xScope was selected as a “Hot Pick” at Apple.com, and has earned high marks at Version Tracker and Mac Update. Positive reviews have also been popping up on the web, which we’ve now added to the xScope homepage. Head on over to view screen shots, learn about the individual tools, and download a trial version of xScope today.
Workers Sign Off For Thanksgiving
November 26, 2003
The Iconfactory workers will be spending the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends over the next few days. So just a quick note to remind everyone there won’t be Industry News or other GUI goodies posted until next week when we return. We send you off with a slice of Pumpkin Pie courtesy of Corey, and wishes from all of us for a safe, and wonderful holiday weekend. See you next week!
The Gathering Storm
November 25, 2003
This Tuesday’s release from Iconfactory artist, Talos Tsui is based on the popular Hong Kong comic book – Storm Riders. This clever and cute set of icons is a graphic translation of chess set figures and depicts the major characters from the series. If you love anime, manga or just cool character design, be sure to hop over and download Storm Riders as either standard Mac or Win icons as well as a handy, searchable Pixadex iContainer. And don’t forget to drop us a line and let us know what you think of this and other sets we’ve recently released. We don’t live in a vacuum ya know! Thanks all!
New Stock Icon Set – Xpressionism
November 21, 2003
We are pleased to announce that an all-new collection, Xpressionism, is now available at Stockicons.com. If you are a developer or webmaster who needs icons for an application or a website head over to Stockicons.com and check out this latest release.
Introducing xScope for Designers!
November 14, 2003
ARTIS Software and the Iconfactory are pleased to announce the release of our latest software product for Mac OS X – xScope. xScope is a powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, aligning and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts. The software consists of six tools in one: Rulers, Screens, Loupe, Guides, Frames and Crosshair. All of xScope’s tools are easily accessed by either handy menu icons, a floating toolbar, or via powerful user-definable hotkeys. xScope’s tool set is quickly and easily available at any time and is an invaluable asset to any graphic or screen designer using a Mac and OS X.
xScope is the evolution of the popular software application, Screen Tools, from ARTIS and is available today from The Iconfactory for $14.95 USD. Registered users of Screen Tools can upgrade to xScope for only $5.00. We invite you to visit the xScope homepage, view screen shots, learn about the individual tools, and download a trial version of xScope.
Crumbs! He’s Back!!!
November 11, 2003
After a short delay, we’re proud to announce this Tuesday’s icon release – Danger Mouse 2004! Iconfactory artist Gedeon Maheux has revised one of his very first icon sets from the Classic Mac OS for modern operating systems, and the result is a set of funny and cute icons that fans of the UK cartoon will love. Danger Mouse, along with his trusty side-kick, Penfold, battled the evil Baron Silas Greenback week after week for the safety of London and the world. Head on over to download Danger Mouse ‘04 for Mac, PC or as a handy Pixadex iContainer and then surf on over for some cool Danger Mouse desktop picts. We’ve got to go now, Colonel K’s calling!
“Developer Day” At The Iconfactory
November 7, 2003
We’re pleased to announce the release of two new resources geared toward developers and icon artists – IconBuilder Pro 4.1 for Adobe Photoshop CS and the launch of new developer-based FAQ items at the Iconfactory.
IconBuilder Pro 4.1 has been updated to work with the recently released Adobe Photoshop CS, as well as Apple’s new Panther OS X. IconBuilder Pro 4.1 contains several important feature additions including the ability to support Photoshop Actions, making the filter scriptable and even easier to automate the icon-making process. IconBuilder Pro also now supports Command-F to re-run processes, greatly improved adaptive 8-bit palette handling for Windows icon creation and a host of bug fixes and user interface tweaks. IconBuilder Pro 4.1 is a free upgrade for registered users and can be purchased today for $69.00.
The “Developer Zone” are helpful FAQ items that contain answers to our most frequently asked technical questions regarding anything icon related. The Developer Zone helps answer questions like how to incorporate custom icons in cross-platform presentations, and why we consider Panther’s .ZIP compression scheme to be problematic for Mac users. We invite you to surf on over to the Zone and see what this new section of the site has to offer.
