Konfabulator...

Post by **Dave** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:50 am

...is free now because they sold out to Yahoo. It seems to work better than Apple's dashboard and it works on PC (I don't know how well it works because XP doesnt have slick GUI, but it says it does).

http://www.konfabulator.com/

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:19 pm

You may not use the Software to operate nuclear facilities, life support, or other mission critical application where human life or property may be at stake. You understand that the Software is not designed for such purposes and that its failure in such cases could lead to death, personal injury, or severe property or environmental damage for which Yahoo! is not responsible.

Does this imply that someone has actually tried to use Konfabulator to run a nuclear plant in the past?

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:20 pm

Nightshade wrote:Does this imply that someone has actually tried to use Konfabulator to run a nuclear plant in the past?

Not necessarily.

A similar disclaimer is included with Windows as well.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:22 pm

what -is- it?

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:25 pm

Eraser wrote:
Nightshade wrote:Does this imply that someone has actually tried to use Konfabulator to run a nuclear plant in the past?
Not necessarily.

A similar disclaimer is included with Windows as well.

*taps sarcasm sign*

*bzzt*

There, that's better.

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:31 pm

Ooo! I just got the Supreme Court decisions RSS reader widget. Cool.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:59 pm

[lvlshot]http://pages.prodigy.net/dpfalandys/llama/screenshot/knofabulator.jpg[/lvlshot]

I used to use it because I thought it was pretty cool, but after the trial period ran out I just found I never really used it so I uninstalled.

Post by **Dave** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:23 pm

I'll be darned.. it runs pretty well on Windows.. I just put it on my work box

Post by **Transient** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:31 pm

I'll have to check this out. Never heard of it before, but it looks promising.

Post by **Geebs** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:43 pm

The really wierd thing about this sort of 'ware is that the people who use it are mostly huge nerds who, under other circumstances, constantly bitch about anything using up system resources.

Post by **Zerofactor** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:57 pm

So what's the reason for the little picture frame widget? Does it do anything? or have a purpose?

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:07 pm

My god, this thing rocks... :icon28:

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:07 pm

Its a shame that the weather one only works for the US

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:09 pm

It's a shame you don't SHUT UP.

Oh yeah...I went there.

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:10 pm

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:It's a shame you don't SHUT UP.

Oh yeah...I went there.

What, its a real problem. The weather one rocks, but i dont want to know that its sunnuy in florida, i want to know if my nipples are going to freeze off in this UK rain :icon33:

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:14 pm

The reason there isn't a UK one is because we don't have weather.

Post by **Transient** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:43 pm

Geebs wrote:The really wierd thing about this sort of 'ware is that the people who use it are mostly huge nerds who, under other circumstances, constantly bitch about anything using up system resources.

Yea, just checked it out and it seems kind of pointless. Everything it does can be done already with an extra mouseclick or so.
The novelty of it wore off in about 2 minutes.

Post by **Pantsman2k** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:47 pm

god that thing is ugly...
why does no one design minimalist anymore?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:49 pm

with a stupid name like Konfabulator, you expect minimalism?

Post by **Pantsman2k** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:53 pm

yes goddamnit, i expect them to make a skin using only the colors black white and grey. and maybe blue or red, but not both.

or better yet, allow it to better editted using notepad and/or ed/vi

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:29 pm

Zerofactor wrote:So what's the reason for the little picture frame widget? Does it do anything? or have a purpose?

Yes, it displays a picture in a convenient, framed format, you fucking doorknob.

Post by **saturn** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:26 pm

Dave wrote:...is free now because they sold out to Yahoo. It seems to work better than Apple's dashboard and it works on PC (I don't know how well it works because XP doesnt have slick GUI, but it says it does).

http://www.konfabulator.com/

so you switched to konfabulator now?

i have a few widgets that I use every day though they take up some mem. I luv the Dashboard

Post by **Dave** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:28 am

Dashboard is lame because you have to press a button to activate it. I like this more because they sit there on your desktop and even under the icons if you want

Post by **tnf** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:04 am

I'd never heard of this before...now I'm going crazy with my widgets.

Post by **rep** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:27 am

Dave wrote:Dashboard is lame because you have to press a button to activate it. I like this more because they sit there on your desktop and even under the icons if you want

Except konspose widgets.

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