Excerpted and slightly modified from an actual email I sent a few weeks ago.
Dear Panic,
Can I just say thanks? I’ve been using Transmit back since OS9 or so, and each year I use it more and more. You guys entered a market that had plenty of competition and just nailed the FTP client. I’m impressed. I imagine I’d be quite a bit grumpier without Transmit around.
Top 5 reason I like Transmit:
- The tabs functionality in the latest version has been so amazing. So much power in a tiny little window. So many layers.
- Docksend. I use it only occasionally, but its handy and very well thought out.
- I’m supporting the little guy with my money. Granted, one couldn’t find any huge megacorps out there making good ftp clients, so not much of a choice there. Even if there was, it wouldn’t matter.
- Killer value. $30 bucks for saving tons of time and making the mundane task of uploading files easy and simple.
- You guys sell cool t-shirts. Granted, if you look at my order history, you wont see any tshirt purchases in there, but someday I’ll buy a couple Panic tees. [Note: This has been remedied since the sending of this email.]
Thanks for all your hard work. I look forward to many years of Transmit usage.
Brian
P.S. Next time I’m in Portland let me take some of you guys out for some beers.
Be Good Not Bad is all about really good web design, based on the utmost respect for web standards, accessibility and respect for the user. Based in Denver, Colorado, Be Good Not Bad is run by Brian Warren, freelance designer, blogger, homebrewer and coffee nut.
Yeah! Transmit rocks. And somehow I’ve managed to miss the tabs until now
Makes a great thing even greater.
§ #1 By docflo at 7:19pm on February 20 2007
Dear Brian,
Thank you for introducing me to Transmit. I’ve been using it since SXSW 2006 and it has saved me tons of time.
P.S. Next time we’re both in Austin, remind me to take you out for some beers.
§ #2 By Mark at 7:19pm on February 20 2007
We couldn’t do it without paying customers, so thank YOU.
§ #3 By stevenf at 7:19pm on February 20 2007
Yeah, it’s funny to think that an ftp client would elicit such passion, but I feel the same way. I don’t use Transmit as much as I used to now that I switched from BBEdit to skEdit with it’s excellent “Site Manager” feature, but it’s great to know I have a rock-solid helper around when I need to move big files or merge the contents of folders
§ #4 By Andrew Hedges at 7:19pm on February 20 2007