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I haven't used Transmit in a while as I don't have a need for it, but when I did it was a great client.

The Panic app I miss most is Unison. Well, miss in the sense of miss it getting updated. It's still available.

Years ago, Unison and a fat Giganews subscription were fantastic ways to discover music.

The Panic app I really miss is Audion. The Winamp-alike app that very nearly got bought by Apple to be rebadged as a little music player called 'iTunes'...

https://panic.com/extras/audionstory/

When was this retired? (from a quick skim, the article doesn't seem to mention clear dates)

Wikipedia claims it was retired in November 2004:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audion_(software)

I've got an old PPC G3 Pismo laptop, and when I fire it up I always run Audion to play some music while typing. Loved the skins, I kinda wish the "Delicious Generation" of Mac interfaces would make a comeback. I think this was the default Audion UI:

http://d2.alternativeto.net/dist/s/841d171f-38f4-4c73-b5be-f...

Among other things.

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