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Konfabulator: Whatever You Want It To Be

Posted by pudge on from the sounds-kinky dept.

Squidgee writes "Arlo Rose, one of the developers who worked on Kaleidoscope, and the ill fated Eazel desktop environment for Linux, has come out with another potentially Mac-shaking app: Konfabulator. Konfabulator lets you run any program written in XML/Applescript/Javascript (It's own little hybrid of all three) in its engine, seamlessly placing the app onto your desktop. Examples of such apps are: A CPU Monitor, a Multi-Clipboard tool, a weather monitor, a battery monitor, etc. It allows for easy developement, beautiful apps, and unlimited functionality."

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  1. Two Important Questions by shr3k · · Score: 1, Redundant

    1.) Doesn't this look a lot like what .NET is trying to do? (seamless functionality with the web)

    2.) Will someone use this framework to write an applet that will help trolls get first-post on /.? [j/k]

  2. Re:what could it be used for? by Mononoke · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Super useful has since i've switched I haven't found an easy way to jump to the desktop.
    /Users/you/Desktop

    There it is, right there in a finder window.

    --
    NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
  3. Future of dockapps? by PeterClark · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is actually a question I've been wondering about for a couple of months: what future is there in dockapps/little apps? I just finished browsing Konfabulator's gallery of apps, and most of my suspicions were confirmed. Most of the apps are only of marginal utility, and already there's a lot of duplication. In other words, it's already beginning to look like the Dockapp Warehouse. All that Konfabulator has done is "lowered" the bar for making hundreds of little apps--it's easier to make pretty eye candy that does the same as all the other eye candy.

    Ok, I'm trying to come to a point here. Several posts have mentioned a couple of "one-off" apps, apps that were whipped out to meet a specific need, but aren't likely to be useful to anyone other than the creator. Well, that's cool, but I'm more interested in the general future of little apps. Have all the useful things already been done? Are there any functional gaps that could be filled with little apps? We're already up to our necks with clocks, CPU monitors, memory monitors, weather monitors, and news tickers--what's a new area that dockapps/little apps can branch into?
    :Peter