Visage Reviews:
"Brings back some of the old Mac-customizing fun" [Macworld: 4 Mice]
Visage is a Macworld "Mac Gem"!
Visage comes back [5/5 stars]
"and it's perfect! This reminds me so much of the 10.2 days..."
-- PolarisX on VersionTracker.com
Worth every penny! [5/5 stars]
"So glad I paid for this! Excellent work. Great improvements. Worth every penny!"
-- sfish on VersionTracker.com
I love it. [5/5 stars]
"This app is great. I love it. Perfect."
-- Digital Guerilla on VersionTracker.com
The best I have found [5/5 stars]
"I love the desktop effect feature, it has been done so many times, but the one here is the best i have found. You can tell it how much cpu to dedicate (low, medium low, medium, medium high, high) If you set it on low, it still plays the background great, plus the rest of the computer still runs smooth. Good work, man!"
-- Badmac on VersionTracker.com
Friggin awesome [5/5 stars]
"Friggin awesome, I love this tool, I do the hacks manualy but when a tool comes along to make it easier for me, I'll take it."
-- ralann on VersionTracker.com
Fantastico! [5/5 stars]
"I've used Visage since time began (or since I had a B&W G3) through OS 9 right up to Tiger. Thanks Keaka for a fun, easy to use app, and thanks for your consistantly professional and pleasant correspondence whenever I've had questions. Keep up the great work & thanks for the Visage!"
-- SwordMaster62 on MacUpdate
Just what I need [5/5 stars]
"This app is just what I need visually!"
-- jaxzer on VersionTracker.com
I love this pref pane! [5/5 stars]
"Wow, that is so sweet. I love this pref pane! The included files are nice, too."
-- nwaller on VersionTracker.com
[5/5 stars]
"Great App..."
-- Bob Guthrie on VersionTracker.com
Visage is back! [4/5 stars]
"Nice to see Visage again. Free update, great !"
-- ScreenTom on VersionTracker.com
Works Great [4/5 stars]
"works great. Love the screensavers for the desktop..."
-- ncl1 on VersionTracker.com
Makes customization so much easier. [5/5 stars]
"this is the best way to mange and change your login and boot panels. I love this app,it makes customization so much easier. I love the preview mode. It makes it so much easier to design new panels."
-- Digital Guerilla on VersionTracker.com
A nice app [5/5 stars]
"Really a nice little app :)" ... "Nice work :)"
-- Black Yoda on VersionTracker.com
Awesome [5/5 stars]
"The most awesome pref-pane I've ever seen!!!"
-- *Wumpus* on VersionTracker.com
[5/5 stars]
"Thanks for the quick fix for us Vulcan and other non-english speaking folks !!! ;)"
-- Jo Spock on VersionTracker.com
Tucows gave Visage a "4 cows" rating!
According to the Tucows Ratings Guide:
"If your application receives a three-, four-, or five-cow rating, congratulations! As you'll see by reading the Ratings Guide, this is no small feat. You are in the company of some of the best programmers in the world. We receive hundreds of requests each week for inclusion in the Tucows software library. The fact that you scored in the three-cow range or higher has earned you a spot on our site. This is a sign that your product is among the best of its kind."
[4/5 stars]
"It makes resediting much easier."
-- bartell314 on VersionTracker.com
GREAT... [5/5 stars]
"What a Great program.. Thank you for sharing it.. I wish you many donations... :)!"
-- Unkie on VersionTracker.com
Great [5/5 stars]
"Great... but 10.2 is not supported!"
Keaka's note: Mac OS 10.2 is now supported. And so are OS 10.3 and OS 10.4!
-- SaintStryfe on VersionTracker.com
I love this tool [4/5 stars]
"I LOVE this tool except it looses a star because you can't replace the login objects (panel and buttons). Otherwise it's just awesome."
-- n8h@wk on VersionTracker.com
Fantastic! [5/5 stars]
"Fantastic!"
-- gnometoes on VersionTracker.com
It works great [5/5 stars]
"Wow. this read my mind. i was just trying to change my boot screen! it works great"
-- mark h on VersionTracker.com
It's perfect. [5/5 stars]
"I love this utility. It's perfect. I love the included MacAtom boot and login panels."
-- Digital Guerilla on VersionTracker.com
Splendid options. [4/5 stars]
"Very cool - much better than simple LoginBackground, this utility offers splendid options." ... "Hey Apple, you paying attention?"
-- MacGroup USA on VersionTracker.com
Freaking Awesome! [5/5 stars]
"Freaking Awesome! I was using Panel manager up until now, and of course since login panels had changed in 10.1, was stumped as to the replacement of those. Now it's smooth sailing. This falls under the 'spontaneous shareware registration' category."
-- EdtheMacDyer on VersionTracker.com
[4/5 stars]
"I like Visage."
-- aranhamo on VersionTracker.com
Completely phat. [5/5 stars]
"completely phat."
-- xaos01 on VersionTracker.com
"Probably one of the ultimate OS X hacks"
Visage was one of Rodney O. Lain's recommendations on the Mac Observer.
Keaka's note: We'll miss you Rodney!
Excellent little application [5/5 stars]
"Excellent little application. If you like to personalize your computer, then you'll love this program. It looks great in your system preferences, so you don't have to open yet another application. The features range from putting screensavers on your desktop to changing the login screen to other fun things (and you can make the finder icon with the hat your actual finder icon - looks nice). While some of these features may be found elsewhere, I haven't seen any other programs that let you do so much with them so easily, especially not for the price! Definitely try it out for yourself."
-- FREEDOM4 on MacUpdate
Breaks the boredom of startups, logins, shutdowns
"It sure breaks the boredome of startups,logins.shutdowns... This programme may be considered unnecessary by many especially if they just love the same old same old startup, login, or shutdown screen. If you want to safely customize those screens then you need VISAGE x. The creator of this application is swift to respond and offer information and help."
-- macmidiguy on VersionTracker.com
Look at Visage!
Visage was a recommended "Mac Gadget" on the Mac Observer.
A must-have for any Mac customization freak.
Customize Your OS X Mac: Change Boot Images, Login Panel, Dock Backgrounds, Startup Strings With Ease
By Amy Hoy, Editor, DailyMac
Posted Dec. 28, 2001
"Visage, a 1.2 megabyte download from Sanity Software, is a must-have for any Mac customization freak. And there are many of us out there.
Visage gives you a front end to things you can change using Terminal.app if you don't mind getting yourself elbow-deep in the shell. Changing these things once or twice through the shell method isn't bad if you don't lose the instructions, but when you like to change them frequently it gets to be a real headache?and Visage is like ibuprofen.
Bored of the plain old Mac OS X boot panel? Replace it! How about that stale login panel? Axe it as well! Replace your Dock poof with something more serious looking (or even more whimsical), and mess with the background pattern of your Dock?do you like it striped, straight translucent, or 100% clear with a border? It's up to you. The latter is my personal favorite aspect of Visage?it lets me kill the stripes on the Dock, making it infinitely easier on the eyes.
To supplement the samples that Visage comes with, you can download files from ResExcellence or any other site offering them, or you can make your own. Visage lets you create libraries of these files so that you can keep them organized and change them ever so much more easily. Visage's interface is very clean and easy to use, and the preview function lets you see what your changes will look like without having to log out or restart.
Moreover, I have noticed no instability or other issues caused by Visage, which alas is not true of all hacks.
[Image of modified boot panel]
Never knew you could take screenshots while logging in, did you? Well, neither did I! This is an example of what you can do to your login panel using Visage, with the images it comes with.
Visage is nagware, and the author requests you fork over $10 to make the nagging stop. A reasonable price for those who find it useful."
Keaka's note: DailyMac seems to have disappeared, so I've pasted the whole article here.
You want cool?
Tools of the Trade
By Michael Coyle, resexcellence.com
Posted Dec. 5, 2001
"You want cool? I'll give ya cool. Sanity Software released Visage, a System Control Panel Pane that allows you to change many aspects of MacOS X without logging in as Root or moving files with terminal commands. For Login Screen Backgrounds, it will even change the background randomly everytime you log in. For a $10 shareware fee, this little app is a deal."
