Konfabulator now free

Rick Stirling · Jul 2005

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.

Scott Ruggels · Jul 2005

What is it?

Scott

Nostradamus · Jul 2005

It's the shit

or eh... it's basicly a newreader outside ur browser but it reads xml feeds and can do a shitload of other stuff.

Rick Stirling · Jul 2005

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What is it?

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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/

peanut · Jul 2005

Good catch Rick, i will take a look of this, seems global. I hope its not too much of a memory vampire and a crashoton with my OS.

ironbearxl · Jul 2005

ugh yahoo..., this is very cool though thanks ...ALOT!

pogonip · Jul 2005

Now this one I have to hear..so whats wrong with yahoo ?? Pretty damn good services for something you don't have to pay for ..( e-mail,messenger,news,stocks..etc etc etc ..) How can you knock something that's free ..Microsoft I understand cause your paying 100+ dollers for something that barley works ..

bearkub · Jul 2005

for my Windows desktop too!?! weeeeehooooooo!

btw, RickStirling: I now am also the proud owner of a 17" G4 Powerbook. =] Begin lust.

Rick Stirling · Jul 2005

I hate you. I'll bet you have OS X 10.4 too.

bearkub · Aug 2005

2 brand new copies of Tiger. DASHBOARD 4 LIFE!

This works a whole lot like the OSX dashboard, I am pretty durned impressed.

Rick Stirling · Aug 2005

I need to get Tiger. Lend me 90 quid?

Konfabulator now free

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