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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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Guido said 8:11AM on 5-27-2009
Such a shame I already own all of the Panic apps. Very nice move by Panic though!
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Mark said 8:28AM on 5-27-2009
Are they trying to say it's cheaper to re-buy Transmit for $14.50 than do the upgrade when it's released?
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Claudio said 8:53AM on 5-27-2009
Is Transmit still in development?... seems like its been stagnant since the release of Leopard!... so isn't this just a way to have you buy old software that might or might not be upgraded?
Does anybody know if FTP has been properly integrated in Snow Leopard?
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Devon said 9:08AM on 5-27-2009
Didn't Coda used to be about $70? I know I didn't buy it at $99 which is what it is now. $99 seems a bit steep to me.
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kirankonathala said 10:49AM on 5-27-2009
Hmmm, upgrades are on the horizon and they expect us to pay for the upgrades after buying these now! Clever move guys!! Free upgrades would be awesome!
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Mitchell said 11:02AM on 5-27-2009
If they keep their upgrade policy (40% off for an upgrade license) the same, by buying now and then upgrading you wouldn't save any money.
You would pay 50% * the price now, and 60% * the price to upgrade, meaning you paid 110% * the price overall.
If you need an app now, buy it now, but if you don't, it might just be worth waiting.
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email said 11:03AM on 5-27-2009
Wow, that's a great deal, I've been holding off on coda for a while because it was hard to justify spending 99 bucks for something I wasn't going to be using a lot.
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cbuck said 11:29AM on 5-27-2009
Coda is worth 99$, it is a steal @ 49$. Total bargain.
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Joey said 12:37PM on 5-27-2009
I agree. I've been using Coda for quite some time now and while it does have its quirks, it's still certainly worth the asking price. It's got a great core set of features, it's fairly stable and it's backed by a responsive developer (three things I only wish I could say about Espresso).
And while it may not do CSS as nicely as CSSEdit, I've got big hopes for version 2.0.
/Crosses fingers for a dedicated preview window and more robust CSS editing.
C. Buckland said 12:54PM on 5-27-2009
Agreed Joey, I wanted to love Espresso as much as I love CSSEdit, but it just wasn't there. The css editor is Coda isn't horrible but different enough from CSSEdit that it makes it painful to use. I find my send just editing in text view most of the time, or keeping CSSEdit opened in the background for quick updates.
I admit that I MAY like the default syntax styles and colouring in Espresso a little more than Coda. ;P
sjshaw said 12:44PM on 5-27-2009
Unison is the best newsreader for Mac. Good to hear they haven't forgotten about updating it.
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Jon said 1:36PM on 5-27-2009
And 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.
CHRiS said 2:05PM on 5-27-2009
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.
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Cabel said 3:33PM on 5-27-2009
Hey 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
a said 3:50PM on 5-27-2009
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/
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Macintologist said 4:11PM on 5-27-2009
Given 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.
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phytonix said 4:57PM on 5-27-2009
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.
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Panic @ the disco said 5:26PM on 5-27-2009
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
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Joey said 9:38PM on 5-27-2009
Obviously 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.
justflybob said 8:17PM on 5-27-2009
Loved the Crazy Eddie reference.
"Our prices are insane!"
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