Of course, Panic is all about these things. So, here's a quick Leopard compatibility status update for you!
- CandyBar
- Here's the big news for today: CandyBar 2, the currently shipping version, actually won't work in Leopard! In fact, it won't even launch, thanks to a (well planned) built-in safety system. But there's some good news from these lemons: the wizards here at Panic and the pixel-pushers over at The Iconfactory are extremely hard at work on the next, major update to CandyBar — that's right, CandyBar 3 is coming soon, and it'll be worth the wait.
CandyBar 3 continues with CandyBar's proven, safe, and easy system icon customization engine: getting a cool trashcan or replacing the new Leopard default folder will be as easy as dragging and dropping. But CandyBar 3 will go even further, with full support for the new mega-sized Leopard icons (up to 512 pixels in size), a number of new Leopard icon types, and significantly more robust icon restoration.
And while we don't normally talk about new features in advance, one piece of CandyBar 3 is just too exciting not to mention. If all goes according to plan, CandyBar 3 will offer the ability to customize some of the look of Leopard's new Dock! Don't quite like the shiny new cyberspace-shelf appearance? Want something a little more opaque? That's what we're here for.
Believe it or not, that's not even the half of it — there are even more secret, shocking features in CandyBar 3 that we'll reveal on launch day. So, any more details? We plan to ship CandyBar 3 before the end of November, and pricing has not yet been determined. Additionally, it's important to note that CandyBar 3 will be Leopard only. (And, while I'm here, this is true for the next planned update to Pixadex, also.) Unregistered users who don't intend to upgrade to Leopard, but want to purchase and use these applications with their current 10.4 system, should purchase right away. In other words, CandyBar 2 will be effectively discontinued upon the release of CandyBar 3.
I think that covers it! Thanks for your patience while we prepare this major update! - Transmit
- The currently shipping version of Transmit, 3.6.1 as of this writing, works mostly great in Leopard — with the exception of one or two surprise issues (one of which is related to editing text files internally) that we discovered late in the Leopard cycle. We're working very hard to fix them as I type this! Keep an eye out for a Transmit 3.6.2 to arrive in the near future, and make sure you're always using the latest version of Transmit for the best possible Leopard experience.
- Coda
- All clear! The currently shipping Coda, 1.0.5, will work great in Leopard. There are a few additional Leopard-related visual and detail tweaks we want to make in the future — including some changes to a certain toolbar — so we'll continue to improve our Leopardness through future point releases. But, for now, things should work just fine.
- Unison
- Also good news: as far as we can determine, Unison 1.8 should work just fine in Leopard. Again, make sure you're using the latest version!
- And The Rest
- In the best possible news department: Stattoo and Desktastic and Pixadex 2 (remember, Pixadex 3 will be Leopard only) should all generally work fine in Leopard — with no work on our end, no less. And should something pop-up unexpectedly, do let us know, and we'll do what we do.
And that is that! Enjoy Leopard! And thanks for using Panic brand software!
posted at 4:45 PM
56 Comments:
BTW - Sucks that 3rd parties didn't get release versions early through ADC.
Thanks for the clarification. I will update my post to reflect that. Perhaps you should add an update to your post too, since everyone reading only it and missing the comments (most of us reading through RSS, for example) will have the same reaction.
If not no biggie, as the apps were fairly cheap in the first place too.
I'd rather see a v2.1 that adds Leopard compatibility, and reserve v3 for a REAL update and some improvements that take advantage of some of the new abilities and GUI stuff in Leopard. Just my 2ยข ;)
And will it have the option of a 3D dock that's set at the correct angle (a little flatter/less raised?) so that the icons look correct in there?
Yea, I hope Pixadex 3 is more than just adding compatibility for 512x512 icons. What I find I need all the time is if I search for an icon (say for example hard disk) & click on one I can't see what set it comes from (unless it's written in the icon's details).
once a high number of icons and collections is in there it is really really hard to find the collection if its not explicitly stated in the icon details (usually it isnt..) so this is the main featuer i hope to se ein v3....
so i agree with the above poster that unless v3 will have proper new features other than leopard functionality a 2.1 or 2.5 or something would be better than a v3....can you give us more info on the future of pixadex while we're at it? :)
Rather than telling us to buy now, I'd rather wait and see how many apps / utils crumble on Leopard before deciding to buy either version of the CandyBar product.
So, keep both versions of CB around for a couple of months after Leopard arrives, please.
i look forward to v3.
the latest version still does nothing to allow me to turn off those annoying sound effects when i send a message, etc.
i'm starting to regret buying a license for this product.
I never thought about the horrible problem with Coverflow and Pre-Giant-Leopard icons. Is Coverflow going to look so ugly in Leopard because of small icons that we never want to use it?
Plus -- it seems that all of our icon collections that we've built over the years are now going to be completely affected. At least, where Coverflow is concerned. I loved to build my own icons! This is terrible.
JGowan
Rest assured that we're always building, or at least planning, the next steps of our software — it's just that, as a small team, we can only physically do so much at once. Thanks for your patience!
Just curious, is there going to be an upgrade price for people who own Candybar and Pixadex already? If not, I'm not complaining :) Their full price is less than most upgrade prices anyway.
The new dock(s) are so very clumpsy and annyoing compared to the discreete elegance of Tiger's, I can't wait
I thought this might interest you...
Today I was fortunate enough to attend a talk given by Keita Takahashi creator of Katamari Damacy. The interesting thing I noted was that he was using a MacBook in combination with Desktastic to do his presentation. He loves to doodle and make funny sketches so I can see how it would suite his style of doing things. He is quite a funny chap. Not at all what I was expecting. Very eccentric.
Bummer that Transmit's internal text editor causes crashes - aside from, you know, *connecting* to FTP sites with it, that is my most used feature! Looks like I'll have to wait. Darn Apple, waiting for the last minute to release to devs...
One thing I'd *really really* like to see in an update to Stattoo is a "Size" slider, so that I can make the whole thing maybe 1/2 the size. Been a proud owner of Stattoo since day one, and that's the feature that I've constantly clamored for.
Keep up the great work!
I don't like the cartoonish Leopard one. Oh well
hopefully this will be released well before end of November.
Any news on the number of icon sets that might launch alongside Candybar?
And +1 for the 'stacks' showing the folder icon and a count of the objects within. Piling icons on top is dreadful!
If buying the software and recommending it to my friends isn't enough thanks, here's another word of thanks: Thanks!
-Sam
Would Microsoft dare kill Office2003 customers who upgraded to Vista from XP with the quaint advice "purchase the upgrade version of Office 2007"?
That's really not acceptable. Please push out a 2.1 Leopard Compatibility Update, and then let me upgrade to v3 based on its own merits.
You call this "nickel-and-dimeing" in America.
The Office parallel isn't quite right, as Microsoft Office is not hugely affected by changes in the operating system, so it'll mostly work just fine with an OS update — CandyBar is very much affected by changes in Mac OS X, on a fundamental level.
Anyhow, if you're unhappy about the upgrade path or the fact that you can't use CandyBar 2 in Leopard, I would be very happy to refund your purchase — just drop me an e-mail. Thanks!
I hope that v3 is a /really/ good update. 512 Agua and I will be happy.
I'm going to try to test my connection with Unison on my Tiger box and see if there is a noticeable difference.
...pretty please?
I am not apologising for Apple as some do, I am apologizing for poor developers who couldn't get real early Leopard before users even after they paid very high amount of money just for that privilege.
As an aside: please make it easy to change the NTFS drive icon for Vista (Boot Camp). That'd rock. Thanks! ^_^
I'll keep checking in ... so close! ... I can feel it!
Trying to script Transmit to add comment characters to shell scripts:
tell application "Transmit"
tell front window
name --> .htaccess
selection --> can't get selection...
end tell
end tell
Great update though! Can't wait to taste the new candy.
and i cant adjust the brightness any more...
hope you'll fix that :)
greetz
and cant adjust the brightness
This pretty much makes the search completely useless if you use the wysiwyg tools to edit CSS.
Question: is that end of November time frame for CandyBar 3 release still valid? It's already the 26th...
I REALLY loath the default system icons in leopard. I'm hungry for CandyBar 3 please!
Any word on the NTFS Boot Camp volume icon (for Vista installs)?
Cheers!
(I already got leopard, but had not installed it yet... and one of the reasons was CB3!! happyeee..!.!!)
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