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Hasher Lite (widget): Drop a single file on this Widget to calculate its MD5 sum. This Widget uses the "md5sum" program included with Konfabulator for Windows. You can now copy the results the clipboard. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Konfabulator, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-11-08
Google Maps Hacks: Find the Best Gasoline Prices: Another low-cost-gasoline solution is GasWatch by Adrian Gonzales, which is available from http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=36500. This is a widget that will run under Konfabulator for Windows and Mac OS X the grass is greener on both sides and shows one the best prices for gas. "GasWatch shows one the lowest priced gas...; Tags: Google Inc., Konfabulator, Google Maps, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Book chapters 2006-01-01
PoppeImages Konfabulator Widget (widget): PoppeImages Widget displays compelling underwater photographs from the diverse waters of the Philippine archipelago. It comes with a search engine to browse more refreshing photos from POPPEIMAGES website.; Tags: Konfabulator, Photograph, Web Site Development, Internet; Software downloads 2005-09-16
Conchology Konfabulator Widget (widget): Conchology Konfabulator Widget displays beautiful random seashells from the world's leading seashell company - Conchology, Inc. It comes with a search engine to browse over 65,000 shells in 309 families for sale and shell-related items for both expert and amateur seashell collectors.; Tags: Konfabulator, Search; Software downloads 2005-09-16
Yahoo builds its desktop with widgets: I am a fan of widgets--simple, small, pleasantly graphical desktop applications that do everything from control the sound on your system and display time around the world to feed headlines and give the weather. Konfabulator started out doing cool widgets for the Mac it also does Windows now, and then...; Tags: Konfabulator, Yahoo! Inc.; Blog posts 2005-07-25

Mac developer looks to Windows to escape Tiger: Mac developer looks to Windows to escape TigerSmall Developers Just Don't Work AnymoreYou just don't have the legal resources to take on Microsoft or Apple and fight the patent wars, and they will just steal your idea.Truly, these big behemoths are killing the software industry.Sad, sad days.Is this guy nuts?From...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Konfabulator Widget, Konfabulator, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, dashboard; Discussion threads 2004-11-04
Mac applets coming soon to Windows: Mac applets coming soon to WindowsInteresting concept but...I just don't see it taking off. Mac users are not nearly as sophisticated as Windows users. This trivial type of shareware might be good for Mac users who have no real software library anyway. However, us here .NET land REQUIRE robust tools....; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Mac-user, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, tool, Microsoft .NET, Konfabulator, applet; Discussion threads 2003-12-16

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Yahoo Widgets Engine (dmg): The Yahoo Widget Engine formerly known as Konfabulator is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and 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 WiFi signal strength,...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Wireless LANs, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Software, Wireless, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development; Software downloads 2007-12-20
Hulu, News Corp, and the Web (2.0?): I know this is behind the game, and that the bleeding edge of blog reviews has moved well beyond online streaming service Hulu (even though it's not yet out to the public). But I received my beta invite last week and have had all this time to...; Tags: Web, Yahoo! Inc., Blog, Service, Hulu, Web 2.0, Blogging, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, zbeauvais; Blog posts 2007-12-04
Rohan's KonStat (widget): KonStat is a Widget that was developed to visualize all kinds of resource stats coming out of one's computer, on a single screen. Personally I liked the Dashboard widget Systat's design and looks. There was nothing like this on Konfabulator so I basically cloned it into this Widget. This version...; Tags: Version, Rohan, KonStat, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-11-09
Drive Histogram (widget): Use this Widget to reveal exactly where all that used space on your hard drive is. This Widget recursively scans your hard drive and displays a bar graph of size information so you can see how much space each folder and its subfolders take up. Useful when you need to...; Tags: Hard Drive; Software downloads 2007-11-08
CPU Moniter Plus (widget): CPU Moniter Plus is a free widget that monitors your cpu. This Widget is based off of the Konfabulator Widget Creation Tutorial found at http://www.konfabulator.com/workshop. It adds some nice enhancements to the tutorial Widget as well. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: CPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2007-11-06
Yahoo Widgets (exe): The Yahoo Widget Engine formerly known as Konfabulator is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and 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 WiFi signal strength,...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Wireless LANs, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Wireless; Software downloads 2007-08-14
The Widget Monitor (widget): The Widget Monitor is modified from Widget Monitor of Matt Revenaugh. Perfect for the widget author or anyone that checks the Konfabulator Gallery often. The Widget Monitor lets you monitor the online status of your favorite widget. Simply set the preference to the Gallery ID of you favorite widget and...; Tags: Monitor, Widget Monitor, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2007-07-24
iRateIt (widget): Created in response to requests on the Konfabulator forums, iRateIt is very minimalist on purpose. iRateIt displays the current iTunes song rating and updates when new song starts. iRateIt will update if you pass your mouse over it, in case you skipped a song. You can set the song rating...; Tags: Song, iRateIt, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2007-07-09
Windows Live Calendar, Presence coming soon to a dev platform near you: Windows Live Calendar, Presence coming soon to a dev platform near youHey GoogleMove over, you're getting your doors blown off.read the fine print[i][b]Microsoft is not promising that every API[/b] at the heart of its infrastructure, foundation and application services in the Windows Live platform will be made broadly available[/i]It's always...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hailstorm, Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live Calendar, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-05-02
Enhancing Swing Applications: The application developers provide the basic functionality and the API to extend the basic behavior. These extensions are called plugins or widgets. If written properly, these widgets coexist together on the same platform and can be installed and uninstalled at any time, allowing the end user to tailor his experience...; Tags: Application, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java Development Tools, Web Browsers, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Internet; White papers 2006-10-03
Image Gallery: 10 tweaks for Windows Vista RC1: Image Gallery: 10 tweaks for Windows Vista RC1Re: Sidebar gadgets; no, Konfabulator and Apple weren't firstActive Desktop did it before either of them. Remember Active Desktop? Introduced with IE4 in 1997? Aside from the fact that gadgets can be non-rectangular and can live in a bar on...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Windows Vista RC1, Image Gallery, tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2006-09-07
Flickr Uploader (zip): The Flickr Uploader widget is for use with the Yahoo Widget Engine. The Flickr Uploader is a Yahoo widget formerly Konfabulator that allows you to upload images to the Flickr photo-sharing service. It features: drag-and-drop support for uploading multiple images at once; the ability to add titles, tags, and descriptions...; Tags: Flickr, Image, Flickr Uploader; Software downloads 2006-06-15
Does Office PDF kill the aftermarket?: We have an interesting conversation building in the comments to my previous post about the Adobe vs. Microsoft PDF dust-up that generated a lot of attention last week. Leaving aside the true motivations either party in the brawl might have for this fluid elimination contest, the question came up about...; Tags: tool, Microsoft Corp., Adobe PDF; Blog posts 2006-06-04