Prices so low, they're practically insane: Panic 3-day sale is on

It's been hinted at for a few days, but Cabel Sasser and the rest of the crew at Panic Software may have accidentally slipped some mind-altering substances into their last batch of Coda Cookies; how else to explain a three-day, 50%-off sale on all of the company's well-designed and well-regarded apps?
The FTP/SFTP client with the often imitated icon, Transmit, is $14.50US; Web authoring jack-of-all-trades Coda is $49.50. Interface tweaker CandyBar 3 and newsreader Unison are also discounted at $14.50 and $12 respectively. The sale page notes that these licenses are also good for discounts on future paid upgrades to the product line, which are expected soon. Sale pricing is in force until 11:59pm PST on May 29.
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Just purchased Coda. I have recently gotten more serious about web development after getting Espresso as a bonus in the Macheist bundle. I was happy enough with getting Espresso essentially for free, but it definitely has its limitations.
When this sale came out I downloaded Coda to try it, and there's enough that it does better to make it worth jumping on this huge discount while I have the chance. Plus, Espresso crashes on me all the time (usually when uploading), and the developer seems rather unresponsive to some major bugs.
I hope we don't get screwed on an upgrade price, but until then I've got a better app to use and I only paid half price.
Demo limitations of Coda ?
I have been trying to find out what are the limitations of Coda in demo mode, but couldn't find a good answer anywhere. Strangely my version of Coda did not expire after a month (I have downloaded it officially from panic web site). I am wondering whether there are any limitations in demo version that I do not know of.
I would like to buy it, but don't really know what additional things I would get after buying it.
A clean conscience? =p
May 31 2009 at 10:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAs a filthy pirate who used Transmit for over 2 years without paying for it I think it's a good way to bring such people into the fold and out of the shadows. I paid for a license today and I'll probably upgrade with the next version. My frequent use of the app justifies the price. Some other software which I use once a year do not.
May 27 2009 at 10:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLoved the Crazy Eddie reference.
"Our prices are insane!"
I am sort of annoyed that I only purchased coda a little over a month ago. I hope the upgrade price is reasonable or the new features are groundbreaking, not just a 'code folding, speed increased app rewrite from the ground up' bullshit
May 27 2009 at 5:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyObviously some of the new features are a given. We'll get optimizations, UI tweaks and I have little doubt that we'll see code folding. That said my biggest hope is for a total rewrite of how visual CSS editing works. I'm a huge fan of CSSEdit and had hoped that Espresso would have taken the best parts of CSSEdit and merged them with a capable text editor. Since that's not even remotely close to what happened (and even worse CSSEdit is now seemingly derelict) I'm focusing back to Panic to provide improved visual CSS editing.
Give me a dedicated preview window, some type of X-ray like functionality and a DOM inspector that can highlight my source and I'd be a really, really happy camper.
No it is not insane. They don't worth the full price in the first place. TUAW is more and more like paid reviews and first looks. Awful.
May 27 2009 at 4:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGiven how hundreds of great apps on the iPhone are $0.99, doesn't it seem like when Panic is giving you a "discount," what they really are admitting is the true market value of their software is much lower than what they charge for it.
I think this software is really worth $10 or less. Just think of all the iPhone apps that are 99 cents!! I don't get how Mac developers think they can overcharge for all these apps.
I like panic apps. Long time Transmitt and now a coda user. That Coda really works well for web work and allows quick updates/previews to pages.
I did the somervilleopenstudios website with coda (mostly, except some CSS tweaks done by someone with dreamweaver, ).
The software is clear and works well. I have had no rudeness issues when I submitted a bug in transmit (It was fixed quickly as well).
http://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/
Cyberduck pretty much does what Transmit does - but I have to comment about their customer support - they're rude. I don't really want to pay even 50% off of 30 bucks for transmit when a new one comes out soon (as stated above). I NEVER will pay 30 bucks for Transmit, but I may pay 15, that's what it's worth to me - but I have a hard time even paying 15 when Cyberduck has been improved so much, and it's free -I think I'll donate the 15 bucks to Cyberduck and not purchase (or in my case re-purchase) transmit even at this sale price due to their support rudness.
May 27 2009 at 2:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHey Chris,
I'd love to know more about the rudeness you encountered. Can you e-mail me? cabel @ panic dot com. Send the e-mails. Thanks so much. That should never happen!
-Cabel
Unison is the best newsreader for Mac. Good to hear they haven't forgotten about updating it.
May 27 2009 at 12:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAnd the sad thing is, Unison still sucks in comparison to anything available on Windows.
If you're in to downloading binaries using NZB files, take a look at sabnzbd. Works on all platforms. Been using it for a couple weeks now and I love it.
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