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Konfabulator...
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:50 am
by Dave
...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/
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:19 pm
by Nightshade
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?
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:20 pm
by Eraser
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:22 pm
by MKJ
what -is- it?
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:25 pm
by Nightshade
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:31 pm
by Nightshade
Ooo! I just got the Supreme Court decisions RSS reader widget. Cool.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:59 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
[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.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:23 pm
by Dave
I'll be darned.. it runs pretty well on Windows.. I just put it on my work box
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:31 pm
by Transient
I'll have to check this out. Never heard of it before, but it looks promising.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:43 pm
by Geebs
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:57 pm
by Zerofactor
So what's the reason for the little picture frame widget? Does it do anything? or have a purpose?
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:07 pm
by o'dium
My god, this thing rocks... :icon28:
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:07 pm
by o'dium
Its a shame that the weather one only works for the US
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:09 pm
by Mr.Magnetichead
It's a shame you don't SHUT UP.
Oh yeah...I went there.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:10 pm
by o'dium
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:
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:14 pm
by Mr.Magnetichead
The reason there isn't a UK one is because we don't have weather.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:43 pm
by Transient
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:47 pm
by Pantsman2k
god that thing is ugly...
why does no one design minimalist anymore?
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:49 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
with a stupid name like Konfabulator, you expect minimalism?
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:53 pm
by Pantsman2k
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
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:29 pm
by Nightshade
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.
Re: Konfabulator...
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:26 pm
by saturn
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
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:28 am
by Dave
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
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:04 am
by tnf
I'd never heard of this before...now I'm going crazy with my widgets.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:27 am
by rep
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.