Irritated with Leopard’s initial icons? Disappointed with the default Dock? Then you, my friend, are a prime candidate for Panic’s delicious CandyBar 3 (now with 120% more purple-filling goodness). The icon-swapping application has finally been updated for Leopard, but the Panic team hasn’t been resting on their laurels: the new version is chockfull of all kinds of nifty improvements.
We’ve got a brand new interface, integration with Quick Look, support for 512x512 icons, a Quick Drop feature that makes swapping out icons even easier, smart collections, and so on. They’ve even integrated system-icon-management program Pixadex making Candy Bar a one-stop shop for icon fun. Having only played around with it for a few minutes, I have to say it looks pretty sharp, and even I can figure out how to switch my icons. So that’s a testament to something, right?
Personally, when it comes to system icons, I’m kind of a stick-with-the-basics guy myself, for most things. Sure, my startup volume has to have an icon; I mean, I don’t want to be bland, but for most everything else I stick with the defaults because I’m lazy, and don’t spend a lot of time looking at icons (despite the sweet ones on display over at The Iconfactory). But for those of you concerned primarily with aesthetics—and I know you’re out there—CandyBar 3 is certainly the easiest and classiest way to handle all your icon needs.
Ummm.. soo the upgrade is $24 bucks, but the full version is $29.. soo.. there is only marginal benefit to having bought the previous generations version? Even mickysoft treats you better than that.. Little pathetic..
Funny, usually the benefit of having software is, ya know, being able to use it. It's not like they're charging you $300 for a word processor. Microsoft seems generous only because it is sticking it to you on the full price.