grimreaper Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 man i installed Konfabulator 4 the first time, i must say, its freakin awsome. oh yea cant the creators of Konfabulator sue apple for making dashboard so similar to Konfabulator? anyway, is this a freeware or shareware. it says im unregistered but i cant see an expire date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 normally it cots $29 registration fee, i dunno if arlo rose offeres a free download now because of tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 i just read http://www2.konfabulator.com/journal/ but didn't find anythign about a registration fee (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macman87 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 its not free. i think u get 15 days to try it. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoDaddy Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 A windows port of this would be nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 A windows port of this would be nice... uhm, arlo rose is 5 months behind the windows release schedule by now. the guy he hired didn't share the windows code. so he fired him for the time being use kapsules. veeery similar, almost the same: http://kapsules.shellscape.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted June 30, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 30, 2004 Seriously, Apple did not rip off Konfabulator cos they had already done the idea ages ago and called it Desktop Ornaments keep in mind they made it way back in 1981. http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?proje...e&detail=medium Dashboard is a logical progression of it. Also look here at the the XP concept where they actually say: It is worth noting that Kapsules was very much inspired by Konfabulator, a similar - yet very different application for the Apple Macintosh OSX platform. Kapsules ceases its similarities with Konfabulator beyond its general purpose and ideology.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I don't see them ranting about Kapsules over there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy_logic Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 man i installed Konfabulator 4 the first time, i must say, its freakin awsome. Yeah I agree man. I may just continue to use Konfabulater even when tiger comes out... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticparadox Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 The only Konfabulator widget I actually use is The Weather. It is so useful and looks great on my desktop. I may use Tiger's Dashboard instead when it's out, because it seems like Dashboard will have more access to things like Address Book, or iCal. I would love to be able to check my calendar for the day without launching iCal, something Konfabulator can't do at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabaTime Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Yeah I agree man. I may just continue to use Konfabulater even when tiger comes out... :) Same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyFox Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Forget continue using it, I just might start using it, I wonder how I've missed this great app for so long? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am_fek Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Seriously, Apple did not rip off Konfabulator cos they had already done the idea ages ago and called it Desktop Ornaments keep in mind they made it way back in 1981. Desktop Ornaments? Weren't Notepad, Calculator, Key Caps, etc. all just separate apps? From what I remember they were anyway.. not sure where the 'Dashboard' concept fits in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtmcgee Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 where do you get the idea it's free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 For anyone interested, this might be a good read - http://daringfireball.net/2004/06/dashboard_vs_konfabulator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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