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