Award ceremony by Apple
The Apple Design Awards (ADAs) is an event hosted by Apple Inc. at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The purpose of the event is to recognize the best and most innovative Macintosh and iOS software and hardware produced by independent developers, as well as the best and most creative uses of Apple's products. The ADAs are awarded in categories that vary each year. The awards have been presented annually since 1997. For the first two years of their existence, they were known as the "Human Interface Design Excellence Awards" (HIDE Awards).[citation needed]
Since 2003, the physical award given to those recognized at the awards event bore an Apple logo that would glow when touched. The trophy is a 3.9 in (9.9 cm) long aluminum cube which weighs 55.5 oz (1.57 kg).[1] These were engineered and built by Sparkfactor Design.[2][3]
Winners
1997
1997 Human Interface Design Excellence (HIDE) Award[4]
| Category |
Place |
Product |
Developed by
|
| Most Innovative
|
1st |
Kai's Power GOO 1.0 |
MetaTools, Inc.
|
| 2nd |
Starry Night Deluxe 2.0 |
Sienna Software, Inc.
|
| 3rd |
YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1 |
Big Island Communications, Inc
|
| Most Elegant
|
1st |
Starry Night Deluxe 2.0 |
Sienna Software, Inc.
|
| 2nd |
CalcWorks 1.5.2 |
John Brochu
|
| 3rd |
AMBER: Journeys Beyond |
Changeling, Inc.
|
| Best Look & Feel
|
1st |
YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1 |
Big Island Communications, Inc.
|
| 2nd |
Adobe Illustrator 6.0 |
Adobe Systems, Inc.
|
| 3rd |
Symantec Visual Cafe for Macintosh 1.0 |
Symantec Corp.
|
| Best Overall Design
|
1st |
YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1 |
Big Island Communications, Inc.
|
| 2nd |
Starry Night Deluxe 2.0 |
Sienna Software, Inc.
|
| 3rd |
Kai's Power GOO 1.0 |
MetaTools, Inc.
|
1998
1998
| Category |
Place |
Product |
Developed by
|
| Most Innovative
|
1st |
Flash 2 |
Macromedia
|
| 2nd |
Legacy of Time: The Journeyman Project 3 |
Presto Studios, Inc.
|
| 3rd |
Office 98 Macintosh Edition |
Microsoft Corporation
|
| Best Look & Feel
|
1st |
Preflight Pro 1.0 |
Extensis Corporation
|
| 2nd |
PlusMaker 1.0.1 |
Alsoft, Inc.
|
| 3rd |
Virtual PC 2.0 |
Connectix Corporation
|
| Best Apple Technology Adoption
|
1st |
Stuffit Delux 4.5 |
Aladdin Systems, Inc.
|
| 2nd |
PowerMail 2.0 |
CTM Development
|
| 3rd |
FaceSpan 3.0 |
Digital Technology International
|
1999
1999
| Category |
Place |
Product |
Developed by
|
| Best New Product
|
1st |
REALbasic 1.0 |
REAL Software
|
| 2nd |
Disk Warrior 1.0 |
Alsoft
|
| Most Innovative
|
1st |
Disk Warrior 1.0 |
Alsoft
|
| 2nd |
REALbasic 1.0 |
REAL Software
|
| Best Macintosh User Experience
|
1st |
Food Chain 1.0 |
Cajun Games
|
| 2nd |
REALbasic 1.0 |
REAL Software
|
| Best Apple Technology Adoption
|
1st |
Cutie Mascot Jr. 1.5 |
Koshin Graphic Systems
|
| 2nd |
Virtual Game Station |
Connectix
|
2000
2000
| Category |
Place |
Product |
Developed by
|
| Best New Product
|
1st |
ViaVoice Millennium Edition |
IBM
|
| 2nd |
Thinking Home 1.0 |
Always Thinking, Inc.
|
| Most Innovative Product
|
1st |
LiveStage Professional |
Totally Hip Software Inc.
|
| 2nd |
Thinking Home 1.0 |
Always Thinking, Inc.
|
| Best Look & Feel
|
1st |
Math Mysteries 1.0 |
Tom Snyder Productions
|
| 2nd |
REALbasic 2.0 |
REAL Software, Inc.
|
| Best Apple Technology Adoption
|
1st |
Thinking Home 1.0 |
Always Thinking, Inc.
|
| 2nd |
LiveStage Professional |
Totally Hip Software Inc.
|
2001
2001
| Category |
Place |
Product |
Developed by
|
| Best New Mac OS X Product
|
1st |
OmniWeb 4.0 |
The Omni Group
|
| 2nd |
Xtools 1.0.3 |
Tenon Intersystems
|
| Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
|
1st |
Xtools 1.0.3 |
Tenon Intersystems
|
| 2nd |
MYOB AccountEdge 1.0 |
MYOB US, Inc.
|
| Best Mac OS X User Experience
|
1st |
OmniWeb 4.0 |
The Omni Group
|
| 2nd |
Drive 10 1.0.0 |
Micromat, Inc.
|
| Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
|
1st |
AutoCompleter 1.0 |
Catchy Software
|
| 2nd |
REALbasic 3.2 |
REAL Software, Inc.
|
2002
2002
| Category |
Place |
Product |
Developed by
|
| Best New Mac OS X Product
|
1st |
Toon Boom Studio 1.1 |
Toon Boom
|
| 2nd |
Marketcircle DayLite 1.0.1 |
Marketcircle Inc.
|
| Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
|
1st |
Watson 1.5 |
Karelia Software, LLC
|
| 2nd |
Toon Boom Studio 1.1 |
Toon Boom
|
| Best Mac OS X User Experience
|
1st |
OmniGraffle 2.0 |
The Omni Group
|
| 2nd |
STX 1.0 |
Salon Transcripts
|
| Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
|
1st |
OmniGraffle 2.0 |
The Omni Group
|
| 2nd |
Vektor 3 3.1.3 |
Manfred Schubert
|
| Best Mac OS X Open Source Port
|
1st |
TeXShop 1.19 |
Richard Koch, Mathematics Department, University of Oregon
|
| 2nd |
SIDekick 1.1 |
Axel Wefers
|
| Best Mac OS X Student Product
|
1st |
MacJournal 2.1 |
Dan Schimpf
|
| 2nd |
CanCombineIcons 2.1.0 |
David Remahl
|
2003
2003
| Category |
Place |
Product |
Developed by
|
| Best Mac OS X Product (Best of Show)
|
1st |
Salling Clicker 1.5 |
Salling Software
|
| 2nd |
World Book 2003 Jaguar Edition |
Software MacKiev
|
| Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
|
1st |
Salling Clicker 1.5 |
Salling Software
|
| 2nd |
Starry Night Pro 4.0 |
SPACE.com Canada
|
| Best Mac OS X User Experience
|
1st |
Starry Night Backyard 4.0 |
SPACE.com Canada
|
| 2nd |
Transmit 2 |
Panic Inc.
|
| Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
|
1st |
World Book 2003 Jaguar Edition |
Software MacKiev
|
| 2nd |
Spell Catcher X |
Evan Gross
|
| Best Mac OS X Student Product
|
1st |
Hydra 1.0.1 (now SubEthaEdit) |
Martin Ott, Martin Pittenauer, Dominik Wagner, and Ulrich Bauer
|
| 2nd |
SignalScope 1.0.5 |
Benjamin Faber
|
| Best Mac OS X Use of Open Source
|
1st |
Fugu |
University of Michigan
|
| 2nd |
VLC 0.5.3 |
Samuel Hocevar
|
| Best Mac OS X Server Solution
|
1st |
iNquiry 1.0 |
BioTeam
|
| 2nd |
Radmind 0.8.4 |
University of Michigan
|
| Best QuickTime Content Created by a Student
|
1st |
Drive By Punch |
Stephen Mebs
|
| 2nd |
Nature and Water |
Mario Palomera
|
| Best QuickTime Content Created by an Individual
|
1st |
OICs MusicBox Presenting Superfluid |
Robert West and Michael Schaff
|
| 2nd |
Paraphonic Midnight Sounds |
Jonathan Puckey, Andreas Pihlström & Linus Wahlstedt
|
| Best QuickTime Content Created by a Company
|
1st |
BMW Films Campaign—"The Hire" Enhanced Film Experience |
Fallon Worldwide
|
| 2nd |
The Beautiful Mistake QuickTime Player |
Tubatomic Studio
|
2004
