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2005 APPLE DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS

Best Mac OS X Tiger Technology Adoption

Best Mac OS X User Experience

Best Product New to Mac OS X

Best Mac OS X Entertainment Product

Best Use of Open Source

Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution
  • Winner: DataTank 2005-5, Visual Data Tools, Inc.

  • Runner Up: OsiriX 1.6.4 , Antoine Rosset, Osman Ratib, Lance Pysher, David Davies-Payne, Luca Spadola, Bruce Rakes

  • Special Mention: Mathematica , Wolfram Research


Best Mac OS X Server Solution
  • Winner: Quicksilver InfiniBand Software for Mac OS X, SilverStorm Technologies, Small Tree Communications

  • Runner Up: Elektron 1.0.1, Corriente Networks LLC


Best Mac OS X Student Product
  • Winner: GraphClick, Simon Bovet

  • Runner Up: iMap 3.1, Peter Schols

  • Special Mention: Sonic Birth, Antoine Missout



2004 APPLE DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS

Best Mac OS X Product
  • Winner: Big Bang Chess 1.0, Freeverse Software

  • Runner-up: Unison 1.0.2a, Panic Inc.


Best Product New to Mac OS
  • Winner: Contribute 2, Macromedia Inc.

  • Runner-up: GraphViz 1.12 (v11), Pixelglow Software


Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
  • Winner: ToySight 1.0, Freeverse Software

  • Runner-up: SwordfishExpress 2.0, buyolympia.com


Best Mac OS X User Experience
  • Winner: Unison 1.0.2a, Panic Inc.

  • Runner-up: SOHO Business Cards 1.0, Chronos LLC


Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
  • Winner: Big Bang Chess 1.0, Freeverse Software

  • Runner-up: PulpFiction 1.0, Freshly Squeezed Software


Best Mac OS X Open Source Product
  • Winner: GraphViz 1.12 (v11), Pixelglow Software

  • Runner-up: PureFTPd Manager 1.2, Jean-Matthieu Schaffhauser


Best Mac OS X Server Solution
  • Winner: iNquiry 4.05d, The BioTeam

  • Runner-up: gridMathematica 1.1, Wolfram Research, Inc.


Best Mac OS X Entertainment Product
  • Winner: Unreal Tournament 2004 for Macintosh v1.0, MacSoft

  • Runner-up: Warcraft III:''' The Frozen Throne v1.0, Blizzard Entertainment


Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution
  • Winner: Mac TetrUSS v010804, NASA Langley Research Center

  • Runner-up: Volocity 2.6.1, Improvision

  • Honorable Mention: IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition 8.1, IBM


Best Mac OS X Student Product
  • Winner: 4Peaks, Alexander Griekspoor, Tom Groothuis, Oncology Graduate School Amsterdam

  • Runner-up: Curvus Pro X, Simon Bovet, University of Zurich, Switzerland


Best QuickTime Content for Education
  • Winner: Conflict Lab’s Rotunda, Conflict Lab, Inc.

  • Runner-up: Commanding Heights, WGBH Interactive


Best QuickTime Content for Promotion
  • Winner: Robbie Williams “Knebworth” QuickTime Promo, Bluish, Ltd.

  • Runner-up: Yamashiro Restaurant Virtual Tour, Axis Images


Best QuickTime Content for Entertainment
  • Winner: FreeCaster Sports, Barsark AB

  • Runner-up: Bright and Shine, Antonio Hui


Best Performance Demo of a Shipping Product
  • Winner: ATI Technologies, Inc , ATI Animusic’s Pipe Dream Demo

  • Runner-up: ATI Technologies, Inc , ATI Rendering with Natural Light Demo


Most Innovative Apple Technology Performance Demo
  • Winner: Advanced Analytic System Design, Inc., Freefall

  • Runner-up: Symbiot, Symbiot iSIMS



2003 APPLE DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS

Best Mac OS X Product (Best of Show)
  • Winner: Salling Clicker 1.5, Salling Software

  • Runner Up: World Book 2003 Jaguar Edition, Software MacKiev


Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
  • Winner: Salling Clicker 1.5, Salling Software

  • Runner Up: Starry Night Pro 4.0, SPACE.com Canada


Best Mac OS X User Experience
  • Winner: Starry Night Backyard 4.0, SPACE.com Canada

  • Runner Up: Transmit 2, Panic


Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
  • Winner: World Book 2003 Jaguar Edition, Software MacKiev

  • Runner Up: Spell Catcher X, Evan Gross


Best Mac OS X Student Product
  • Winner: Hydra 1.0.1, Martin Ott, Martin Pittenauer, Dominik Wagner, and Ulrich Bauer

  • Runner Up: SignalScope 1.0.5, Benjamin Faber


Best Mac OS X Use of Open Source
  • Winner: Fugu 1.0, University of Michigan

  • Runner Up: VLC 0.5.3, Samuel Hocevar


Best Mac OS X Server Solution:
  • Winner: iNquiry 1.0, BioTeam

  • Runner Up: Radmind 0.8.4, University of Michigan


Best QuickTime Content Created by a Student
  • Winner: Drive By Punch, Stephen Mebs

  • Runner Up: Nature and Water, Mario Palomera


Best QuickTime Content Created by an Individual
  • Winner: OICs MusicBox Presenting Superfluid, Robert West and Michael Schaff

  • Runner Up: Paraphonic Midnight Sounds, Jonathan Puckey


Best QuickTime Content Created by a Company
  • Winner: BMW Films Campaign—"The Hire" Enhanced Film Experience, Fallon Worldwide

  • Runner Up: The Beautiful Mistake QuickTime Player, Tubatomic Studio



2002 APPLE DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS

Best New Mac OS X Product
  • Winner: Toon Boom Studio 1.1, Toon Boom

  • Runner Up: Marketcircle DayLite 1.0.1, Marketcircle Inc.


Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
  • Winner: Watson 1.5, Karelia Software, LLC

  • Runner Up: Toon Boom Studio 1.1, Toon Boom


Best Mac OS X User Experience
  • Winner: OmniGraffle 2.0, Omni Development Inc.

  • Runner Up: STX 1.0, Salon Transcripts


Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
  • Winner: OmniGraffle 2.0, Omni Development Inc.

  • Runner Up: Vektor 3 3.1.3, Manfred Schubert


Best Mac OS X Open Source Port
  • Winner: TeXShop 1.19, Richard Koch, Mathematics Department, University of Oregon

  • Runner Up: SIDekick 1.1, Axel Wefers


Best Mac OS X Student Product
  • Winner: MacJournal 2.1, Dan Schimpf

  • Runner Up: CanCombineIcons 2.1.0, David Remahl



2001 APPLE DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS

Best New Mac OS X Product
  • Winner: OmniWeb 4.0, The Omni Group

  • Runner Up: Xtools 1.0.3, Tenon Intersystems


Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
  • Winner: Xtools 1.0.3, Tenon Intersystems

  • Runner Up: MYOB AccountEdge 1.0, MYOB US, Inc.


Best Mac OS X User Experience
  • Winner: OmniWeb 4.0, The Omni Group

  • Runner Up: Drive 10 1.0.0, Micromat, Inc.


Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
  • Winner: AutoCompleter 1.0, Catchy Software

  • Runner Up: REALbasic 3.2, REAL Software, Inc.



2000 APPLE DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS

Best New Product
  • Winner: ViaVoice Millennium Edition, IBM

  • Runner Up: Thinking Home 1.0, Always Thinking, Inc.


Most Innovative Product
  • Winner: LiveStage Professional, Totally Hip Software Inc.

  • Runner Up: Thinking Home 1.0, Always Thinking, Inc.


Best Look & Feel
  • Winner: Math Mysteries 1.0, Tom Snyder Productions

  • Runner Up: REALbasic 2.0, REAL Software, Inc.


Best Apple Technology Adoption
  • Winner: Thinking Home 1.0, Always Thinking, Inc.

  • Runner Up: LiveStage Professional, Totally Hip Software Inc.



1999 APPLE DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS

Best New Product
  • Winner: REALbasic 1.0, REAL Software

  • Runner-Up: Disk Warrior 1.0, Alsoft


Most Innovative
  • Winner: Disk Warrior 1.0, Alsoft

  • Runner-Up: REALbasic 1.0, REAL Software


Best Macintosh User Experience
  • Winner: Food Chain 1.0, Cajun Games

  • Runner-Up: REALbasic 1.0, REAL Software


Best Apple Technology Adoption
  • Winner: Cutie Mascot Jr. 1.5, Kohshin Graphic Systems

  • Runner-Up: Virtual Game Station, Connectix



1998 APPLE DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS

Most Innovative
  • Winner: Flash 2, Macromedia

  • First Runner-Up: Legacy of Time: The Journeyman Project 3, Presto Studios, Inc.

  • Second Runner-Up: Office 98 Macintosh Edition, Microsoft Corporation


Best Look & Feel
  • Winner: Preflight Pro 1.0, Extensis Corporation

  • First Runner-Up: PlusMaker 1.0.1, Alsoft, Inc.

  • Second Runner-Up: Virtual PC 2.0, Connectix Corporation


Best Apple Technology Adoption
  • Winner: Stuffit Deluxe 4.5, Aladdin Systems, Inc.

  • First Runner-Up: PowerMail 2.0, CTM Development

  • Second Runner-Up: FaceSpan 3.0, Digital Technology International



1997 HUMAN INTERFACE DESIGN EXCELLENCE (HIDE) AWARD WINNERS

Most Innovative
  • Winner: Kai’s Power GOO 1.0, MetaTools, Inc.

  • First Runner Up: Starry Night Deluxe 2.0, Sienna Software, Inc.

  • Second Runner Up: YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1, Big Island Communications, Inc.


Most Elegant
  • Winner: Starry Night Deluxe 2.0, Sienna Software, Inc.

  • First Runner Up: CalcWorks 1.5.2, John Brochu

  • Second Runner Up: AMBER: Journeys Beyond 1.0, Changeling, Inc.


Best Look & Feel
  • Winner: YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1, Big Island Communications, Inc.

  • First Runner Up: Adobe Illustrator 6.0, Adobe Systems, Inc.

  • Second Runner Up: Symantec Visual Cafe for Macintosh 1.0, Symantec Corp.


Best Overall Design
  • Winner: YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1, Big Island Communications, Inc.

  • First Runner Up: Starry Night Deluxe 2.0, Sienna Software, Inc.

  • Second Runner Up: Kai’s Power GOO 1.0, MetaTools, Inc.



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