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Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 14:17**

Anyone else using Konfabulator yet?

Since it's just been bought by yahoo I reckon it'll be getting a fair bit of coverage in the geek-press (not to mention lots of lovely new widgets).

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 14:27**

What is it? I did read this on the register but didn't take much notice.

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 14:41**

It's a simple little program which runs xml/javascript widgets on your desktop to do all sorts of simple tasks.

Works on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Some widgets include:

a widget that tracks selected Ebay auctions for you
widgets that read various RSS news feeds
widgets that give you localised weather reports for the next few days
and loads more (there are currently nearly 700 widgets)

widgets can be made yourself (all you need is a bit of JavaScript knowledge) and can be set up to access any rss/xml feeds you can get your hands on.

Example: Since QB uses an ingenious phpBB/rss backend to a run the "news" sections on a lot of the sites he's created, you could theoretically create a widget that connected to these RSS feeds to display the latest news from all these sites (Ghostdance, Violets etc etc) in one little desktop application.

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 15:01**

Bola Rotibi

Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator

Yesterday, Yahoo! acquired Konfabulator, a three-man software team responsible for creating the cult widgets that have been so popular on Apple Macs since 2002, and which are now included in the Mac's operating system. Comment: On the surface, this acquisition seems inconsequential given the tiny size of Konfabulator. Scratch below the surface and you might see the potential that Yahoo! has bought into. The power of widgets is that they provide the freedom to do pretty much whatever you want them to. There is a growing developer community that has built widgets for visualising all aspects of the operating system - such as signal strength and clock - at the same time bringing a diverse range of web-based information directly to the desktop tool bar. Untethering web content from the browser is a powerful advocate for the use of web services, and widgets take this one step further by linking purpose with user experience.

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 15:06**

*laughs at the geeks*

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 15:07**

Widgets?,thot that was wee plastic thingy at the bottom of a can of"Guiness"!

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 15:13**

that's the chap, scotty!

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 15:18**

Sounds like the name of a childrens' TV programme....

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 15:55**

or a glasweigian midget

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 16:54**

i wonder what they'll think of next?

and then i wonder if i'll actually use it...or even care!

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 16:58**

boudicca wrote:*laughs at the geeks*

*scribbles down note for next time she posts a pleading "could some of you computer-types please help me..." post*

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 17:02**

soooo.. how do i make one for my darkness site? *bambi eyes*

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 18:27**

lazarus corporation wrote:
boudicca wrote:*laughs at the geeks*
*scribbles down note for next time she posts a pleading "could some of you computer-types please help me..." post*

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 18:32**

emilystrange wrote:soooo.. how do i make one for my darkness site? *bambi eyes*

well, that depends on what you would want it to actually do.

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 19:07**

lazarus corporation wrote:
boudicca wrote:*laughs at the geeks*
*scribbles down note for next time she posts a pleading "could some of you computer-types please help me..." post*

Fine then! See if I care!

*folds arms*

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Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 19:10**

this is more than geek enough to do for me

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 19:43**

As far as my English goes, a 'widget' is a dwarf used to replace those wooden thingies behind the batter at a game of cricket...

Correct me if I'm right

IZ.

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 20:17**

works for me IZ

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 20:49**

lazarus corporation wrote:
emilystrange wrote:soooo.. how do i make one for my darkness site? *bambi eyes*
well, that depends on what you would want it to actually do.

find me new stuff as and when it appears on the net.. b ehandy for teh fanzine

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 20:51**

emilystrange wrote:
lazarus corporation wrote:
emilystrange wrote:soooo.. how do i make one for my darkness site? *bambi eyes*
well, that depends on what you would want it to actually do.
find me new stuff as and when it appears on the net.. b ehandy for teh fanzine

there's already something for finding new stuff on the net: clicky

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 20:55**

gah.. like i have time to do that.. i want it delivered with no effort!

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 22:11**

who's effort?

Posted: **26 Jul 2005, 22:55**

emilystrange wrote:gah.. like i have time to do that.. i want it delivered with no effort!

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