Panic (company)
Encyclopedia
Panic is an Oregon
-based American software company that specializes in shareware
applications for Mac OS X
. It was founded by Steven Frank and Cabel Sasser.
Their flagship program is Transmit
, an FTP
client, first released in 1998. The program currently competes with Fetch
, Interarchy
and Cyberduck
, the other popular FTP clients for Mac OS X
. Transmit has won a number of design awards, including Macworld
Best of Show in 2005 and a 2005 Apple Design Award, for the Best Use of Mac OS X Tiger Technologies.
Audion
, released in 1999, was a skinnable MP3
media player that competed with MacAMP
and SoundJam MP
the only other Mac OS MP3 players at the time. Once Apple's iTunes
was released in 2001, Audion's days were numbered and in 2004 Panic retired Audion's development and began releasing it free of charge.
In 2004, Panic released their third major program, Unison
, a Usenet
reader. Unison also won an 2004 Apple Design Award, for Best Mac OS X User Experience, and was runner-up for Best Mac OS X Product of the year.
In 2005 Panic expanded their offerings to include T-shirts.
In 2007, the company released their fourth major program, Coda
, a web development application for which Panic was awarded the 2007 Apple Design Award for Best User Experience, taking the award for a 2nd time.
Discontinued:
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
-based American software company that specializes in shareware
Shareware
The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...
applications for Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. It was founded by Steven Frank and Cabel Sasser.
Their flagship program is Transmit
Transmit (FTP client)
Transmit is an FTP client for Mac OS X and Mac OS Classic . Developed by Panic, Transmit is shareware – after a seven-day trial period, the product can only be used for seven-minute sessions until it has been purchased....
, an FTP
File Transfer Protocol
File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server...
client, first released in 1998. The program currently competes with Fetch
Fetch (FTP client)
Fetch is a full-featured GUI-based Mac OS-only FTP client made by Fetch Softworks. The latest version of Fetch is 5.6; the long-awaited version 5 was released on May 24, 2005. In addition to basic FTP functionality, Fetch includes such features as editing files without having to download them and...
, Interarchy
Interarchy
Interarchy is a file transfer application for Mac OS X. It is engineered by Nolobe Pty Ltd.-Features:Interarchy is an RFC standards compliant TCP/IP file transfer client...
and Cyberduck
Cyberduck
Cyberduck is an open source FTP and SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files, Google Docs, and Amazon S3 client for Mac OS X and Windows licensed under the GPL. Cyberduck is written in the Java language and using the Cocoa user interface framework. It supports FTP/TLS , using AUTH TLS as well as directory...
, the other popular FTP clients for Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. Transmit has won a number of design awards, including Macworld
Macworld
Macworld is a web site and monthly computer magazine dedicated to Apple Macintosh products. It is published by Mac Publishing, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California...
Best of Show in 2005 and a 2005 Apple Design Award, for the Best Use of Mac OS X Tiger Technologies.
Audion
Audion (software)
Audion is an audio player by Panic. It was originally a commercial program, but with the dominance of Apple's iTunes, development was halted and it was released as freeware.-Design:...
, released in 1999, was a skinnable MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
media player that competed with MacAMP
MacAmp
MacAmp is an early GUI-based MP3 audio player, first released on April 13, 1997 for the Macintosh by Dmitry Boldyrev of Nullsoft . Its MP3 decoding capability was based on the PlayMedia Systems AMP MPEG-2, Layers 1, 2 and 3 decoder....
and SoundJam MP
SoundJam MP
SoundJam MP was an early MP3 player for the Mac OS, bought in 2000 by Apple and renamed iTunes. The program was written by Jeff Robbin and Bill Kincaid, published by Casady & Greene.-History and launch:...
the only other Mac OS MP3 players at the time. Once Apple's iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
was released in 2001, Audion's days were numbered and in 2004 Panic retired Audion's development and began releasing it free of charge.
In 2004, Panic released their third major program, Unison
Unison (Usenet client)
Unison is a commercial Mac OS X client for Usenet, developed by Panic Software. It supports binary downloading , group browsing and segmenting and error checking utilities...
, a Usenet
Usenet
Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. It developed from the general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name.Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979 and it was established in 1980...
reader. Unison also won an 2004 Apple Design Award, for Best Mac OS X User Experience, and was runner-up for Best Mac OS X Product of the year.
In 2005 Panic expanded their offerings to include T-shirts.
In 2007, the company released their fourth major program, Coda
Coda (web development software)
Coda is a commercial and proprietary web development application for Mac OS X, developed by Panic. It was released on April 23, 2007. It won the 2007 Apple Design Award for Best User Experience. It is available for $99. - Concept and idea :...
, a web development application for which Panic was awarded the 2007 Apple Design Award for Best User Experience, taking the award for a 2nd time.
Software
- TransmitTransmit (FTP client)Transmit is an FTP client for Mac OS X and Mac OS Classic . Developed by Panic, Transmit is shareware – after a seven-day trial period, the product can only be used for seven-minute sessions until it has been purchased....
- CodaCoda (web development software)Coda is a commercial and proprietary web development application for Mac OS X, developed by Panic. It was released on April 23, 2007. It won the 2007 Apple Design Award for Best User Experience. It is available for $99. - Concept and idea :...
- UnisonUnison (Usenet client)Unison is a commercial Mac OS X client for Usenet, developed by Panic Software. It supports binary downloading , group browsing and segmenting and error checking utilities...
- CandyBarCandyBarCandyBar is a Mac OS X application by Panic and The Iconfactory that replaces system icons with icons/docks of the user's choosing. The latest release, CandyBar 3, runs on Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" and 10.6 "Snow Leopard" and supports high-resolution 512-by-512 Leopard icons, as well as changing the...
- DesktasticDesktasticDesktastic is a utility for Mac OS X that allows the user to actually paint on the desktop or any other window, as opposed to in a standard window. It implements a little sidebar on the screen where things like colors or tools can be chosen...
- StattooStattooStattoo is a Dashboard-like information display tool for Mac OS X by Panic. It can display the time, date, current music, upcoming iCal events, email inbox status, temperature, software updates, hard drive capacity, and battery charge....
- Prompt
Discontinued:
- AudionAudion (software)Audion is an audio player by Panic. It was originally a commercial program, but with the dominance of Apple's iTunes, development was halted and it was released as freeware.-Design:...
Panic goods
- Panic-designed t-shirts
- Katamari DamacyKatamari DamacyKatamari Damacy is a third-person puzzle-action video game that is published and developed by Namco for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was first released in Japan, and then later in South Korea and North America...
t-shirts—Working directly with legendary game designer Takahashi, the shirts incorporate his designs utilizing many special silk-screen printing techniques. - Noby Noby Boy t-shirts. Working again with Namco-Bandai and Keita TakahashiKeita Takahashiis a game director, his most notable titles being Katamari Damacy and its sequel, We Love Katamari. The original Katamari game was a surprise hit and was praised for its quirkiness, originality, and charm...
. The shirts feature the BOY character in different lengths: 12", 24", 48" and 144".