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Ars Announces Winners of Mac OS X Software Design Competition

Posted June 7, 2010 at 1:25am by iClarified · 5107 views
Ars has announced the winners of its Design Award for Mac OS X software applications.

Apple announced in late April that its annual Apple Design Awards, given every year since 1997 during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, would only be awarded for iPhone and iPad apps this year. Many long-time Mac OS X developers felt a little slighted, so we were inspired to pick up the torch and start giving out our own Ars Design Awards.

Best New Mac OS X App: Transmit 4 by Panic
Runner up: 1Password 3 by Agile Web Solutions

Best Mac OS X User Experience: Tweetie for Mac by atebits
Runner up: Transmit 4 by Panic

Most Innovative Mac OS X App: Dropbox by Dropbox
Runner up: Snippets by Lucky Ants

Best Mac OS X App for Education: Papers by Mekentosj
Runner up: Soulver by Aqualia

Best Student-created Mac OS X App: Schoolhouse 3 by Logan Collins
Runner up: jitouch2 by Supasorn Suwajanakorn & Sukolsak Sakshuwong

Reader's Choice Award: 1Password 3 by Agile Web Solutions
Runner up: Dropbox by Dropbox

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