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Konfabulator - 1.8.2

JavaScript runtime engine to run Widget files

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All Time:	(3.9)
Version 1.8.2:	(4.7)
Selected Version:	1.8.2
Release Date:	2004-12-06
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 1.8.2):	11,336
Downloads (all versions):	166,429
Price:	$25.00

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Product Description:

Konfabulator is a JavaScript runtime engine for 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 AirPort 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 Apple's Quartz rendering. 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 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.

What's new in this version:

New Stock Ticker which fixes a problems with funds.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.8.2:
Overall Rating:	(4.7)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(3.5)
Ease of Use:	(4.7)	Quality / Stability:	(4.3)	Price:	(3.7)

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Computer says no. - Version: 4.5, 11/29/2007 05:20PM PST

(4 of 6 users found this comment useful)

mannyloupas

Too much of a CPU hog for me. Yahoo too much like Microbloat in its invasiveness. Next please.

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Computer says no.

Bad, Bad, Bad - Version: 4.0.5, 8/2/2007 04:54PM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

carsurf

This latest version with the strip consumes 40-50 per cent of my CPU activity continuously and keeps my hard drive spinning 70 per cent of the time. A bad bummer.

Last Nail in the Coffin - Version: 4.0.3, 7/12/2007 11:46AM PST

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Bill Dawson

Yahoo has finally driven the last nail in the coffin for Konfabulator with its new Weather widget.

I have been using Konfabulator since its inception and as Yahoo has "added functionality" it has only succeeded in overloading and bloating the memory footprint. I have slowly stopped using my favorite widgets one by one.

The only widget I had left on my desktop was Weather. And now with the new [unwarented / unwanted] interface I have turned off Yahoo Widget Engine (bad name too) completely and removed it from my startup items.

Why does Yahoo have to ruin everything they touch?