The Iconfactory workers will be setting off in their sleighs to parts unknown to visit family & friends. They will also be taking a MUCH needed brain break and will return on January 6th. All of us here wish you a peaceful and joyous holiday. See ya next year! : D
The Breakroom
Ho Ho Holiday Break!!
December 20, 2003
Candybar’s Dance Continues
December 18, 2003
New iPulse Goodies
December 17, 2003
Just in time for the holidays, we’ve updated the iPulse Jacket Gallery with some new additions. The IF workers have assembled jackets that fit both the season, as well as today’s world-wide release of LOTR: Return of the King. Whether you feel like celebrating the season, or hooking up with Frodo and Sam, we’ve got you covered. Enjoy!
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”
December 9, 2003
This week, The Iconfactory celebrates the 20th anniversary of the classic holiday movie A Christmas Story with an icon set by the same name. Artist Anthony Piraino has rendered several of the objects from the movie and wrapped them up for your desktop. So run on over and join in Ralphie’s pursuit of a Red Ryder 200 Shot Range Model Air Rifle.
iPulse updated to 2.0.1
December 5, 2003
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.
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!
