Konfabulator now free
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http://www.konfabulator.com/
Konfabulator, the desktop widget engine (that Apple may or may not have copied in Tiger) has been bought by Yahoo - and it's now free.
It comes in both OS X and Windows flavours.
Konfabulator, the desktop widget engine (that Apple may or may not have copied in Tiger) has been bought by Yahoo - and it's now free.
It comes in both OS X and Windows flavours.
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Scott
or eh... it's basicly a newreader outside ur browser but it reads xml feeds and can do a shitload of other stuff.
What is it?
Scott
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from the website.
What Is Konfabulator?
Konfabulator is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather.
What sets Konfabulator apart from other scripting applications is that it takes full advantage of today's advanced graphics. This allows Widgets to blend fluidly into your desktop without the constraints of traditional window borders. Toss in some sliding and fading, and these little guys are right at home in Windows XP and Mac OS X.
The format for these Widgets is completely open and easy to learn so creating your own Widgets is an extremely easy task.
For the "skinning" crowd, Konfabulator is a dream come true. You can easily change the look, feel, layout, even functionality of a Widget so that it matches your lifestyle, your desktop, or the pants or skirt you have on that day.
They have no screengrabs on line, but the Desktop feature in OS x 10.4 is pretty much the same.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/dashboard/
btw, RickStirling: I now am also the proud owner of a 17" G4 Powerbook. =] Begin lust.
This works a whole lot like the OSX dashboard, I am pretty durned impressed.