Konfabulator is just desk accessories, using Javascript instad of C. Sorry, that refinement is not worth a wheelbarrow of cash. I have every sympathy for Arlo and Perry, but it just isn't that unique an idea. I mean, Mac has provided desk "widgets" without Javascript in 1984... and Windows did it with Javascript in 1998.
On the other hand, Spotlight sounds nothing like Launchbar. TFG. Have you actually tried Launchbar?
Konfabulator is not an original idea at all, sorry. Classic Mac OS had desk accessories since 1984, Windows 98 had its Active Desktop (which nobody ever used because it was too unstable, but did much the same thing). The only thing new here is using Javascript, and Windows did that almost a decade ago.
I have sympathy for Perry and Arlo, but I'm not about to vilify Apple over bringing DAs into the 21st century.
Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I agree it's unfortunate for Arlo and Perry, and I have a lot of sympathy for them. But at the same time, I can't vilify Apple on this one.
Hopefully, they'll get the Windows version out there soon. There's already tools like that available for Windows and have been for years, but I think Konfabulator stacks well against them.
I used LaunchBar and passionately hated it. It certainly did not do all the things that Spotlight is going to do, at least according to Apple's description of it.
You really think a system-wide search is something new by LaunchBar's developers? I've got a Palm III I can show you...
Konfabulator is little more than desk accessories coded with Javascript instead of C. I supported Kaleidoscope for years and plan to register Konfabulator, but I really can't blame Apple for taking their idea back.
I really hate reading this panic "they're stealing!" attitude every time.
Let's do a review here, okay?"
1984: Apple introduces desk accesories. Little programs that go anywhere on the desktop and can be run in parallel to other applications.
1986-ish: Apple introduces Multifinder.
1990-ish: Apple introduces System 7, and deprecates DAs.
1998: Windows 98, complete with active desktop and on-desktop widgets.
2000-ish: Apple introduces Mac OS X. Widgets now go in the dock.
2002-ish: Apple moves widgets to the menu bar.
2003-ish: Konfabulator is born.
2004: Apple moves widgets to the desktop and adds javascript.
Frankly, Konfabulator was a low hanging fruit. It didn't really introduce anything except using Javascript, it just tied together a batch of old technology with a very old Apple idea. It's common sense to realize that Apple would move widgets back onto the desktop and add Javascript support once they realized how well it would work out. About the only thing you can really take issue with is Apple's decision to use Javascript.
Feel free to not buy the replacement, then. As me, I certainly won't mind a higher quality picture. It isn't as if my DVD player and DVD discs will suddenly drop dead.
I don't have a copy, but from actually reading the original article -- yes, it conforms to red book standards. The issue is content (malware), not structure.
We had two of them. They were too easy to work with, actually... they never told us when they needed something. They were happy to sit anywhere outside of Russia.:)
I work at a company where they spent a lot more than that, and the office was not nearly as nice as they described.
Even though we had a huge amount of space, management insisted on shared offices. Lighting was all florescent. Desks were cheap. Network drops were scarce, and switches non-existent.
I really hated it. But at least it had high ceilings.
We have a couple Mac retail chains around here. One of them is exactly as you described it -- overpriced crap, ancient used Macs, only one or two modern systems in stock, one copy of Panther (which had been opened and installed by the staff on their personal machines), and rude to boot. The software was, nearly without exception, from two or three years ago.
The other is gorgeous. They usually have every model on display (last time I was in, they were missing the 15" Powerbook), set up in the same kind of way as a "true" Apple store. They've got a MIDI music station, an MP3 music station, a digital video station. The owner cut his teeth selling a batch of the original Apple computer. Most of the salesmen have been around nearly as long. I can ask obscure questions and they've got answers, and they know how to solve problems cheaply. When you upgrade, they clone drives at a minimal cost, and if they can't manage it you don't get charged.
Guess which store has gotten about $5,000 worth of business this year?
Phil Hendrie used to be on in my market. I loved that show.
There is a HUGE difference between calling a show and appearing on one.
As for your "child molesters have a valid perspective" thing, First, your country has this thing called free speech. Secondly, I've heard him bring that topic up, and if you really think that's what it said (something I doubt, you're probably trolling) you have no grasp on irony. His "guests" are almost always repugnant characters that not even their mother could love. But we find out about it slowly.
No, I'm talking about the bigger problem -- Mozilla does a MUCH better job of securing the gates, but a web browser isn't the only gateway. And what happens once the application gets through the gates?
It would not be impossible to design an OS that does not allow spy ware. There would be certain tradeoffs, but perhaps they are worth doing. Likewise, it would be entirely possible to add built-in virus checking to major operating systems.
To a certain degree, safe usage will always require a savvy user. There's a limit to how safe you can make things for non-technical users. But I think we're still well away from that limit.
So I traded emails and phone calls back and forth with ATI, and in the end got the brilliant suggestion to (I shit you not) uninstall and reinstall the software every single time I wanted to use it!
My experiences with TV tuner cards started when my TV broke.
I had to do that with Hauppage's card. Luckily, it only took about five minutes to do and required only one restart.
Eventually, I just bought a new TV. It was easier.
Drivers for internal PCI tuners are usually crap on Windows. I think I'm on my third card, and I keep throwing them out and trying a different one because of the drivers...
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Konfabulator is just desk accessories, using Javascript instad of C. Sorry, that refinement is not worth a wheelbarrow of cash. I have every sympathy for Arlo and Perry, but it just isn't that unique an idea. I mean, Mac has provided desk "widgets" without Javascript in 1984... and Windows did it with Javascript in 1998.
On the other hand, Spotlight sounds nothing like Launchbar. TFG. Have you actually tried Launchbar?
Konfabulator is not an original idea at all, sorry. Classic Mac OS had desk accessories since 1984, Windows 98 had its Active Desktop (which nobody ever used because it was too unstable, but did much the same thing). The only thing new here is using Javascript, and Windows did that almost a decade ago.
I have sympathy for Perry and Arlo, but I'm not about to vilify Apple over bringing DAs into the 21st century.
That looks interesting. Thanks for the link. :)
Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I agree it's unfortunate for Arlo and Perry, and I have a lot of sympathy for them. But at the same time, I can't vilify Apple on this one.
Hopefully, they'll get the Windows version out there soon. There's already tools like that available for Windows and have been for years, but I think Konfabulator stacks well against them.
I used LaunchBar and passionately hated it. It certainly did not do all the things that Spotlight is going to do, at least according to Apple's description of it.
You really think a system-wide search is something new by LaunchBar's developers? I've got a Palm III I can show you...
People have such short memories. Have you really forgotten desk accessories already?
The only thing new in Konfabulator is using Javascript. Do you really expect Apple to never make this move? It's such an obvious step.
Konfabulator is little more than desk accessories coded with Javascript instead of C. I supported Kaleidoscope for years and plan to register Konfabulator, but I really can't blame Apple for taking their idea back.
I really hate reading this panic "they're stealing!" attitude every time.
Let's do a review here, okay?"
Frankly, Konfabulator was a low hanging fruit. It didn't really introduce anything except using Javascript, it just tied together a batch of old technology with a very old Apple idea. It's common sense to realize that Apple would move widgets back onto the desktop and add Javascript support once they realized how well it would work out. About the only thing you can really take issue with is Apple's decision to use Javascript.
Technical brilliance is not an adequate replacement for good people skills.
Yeah, I know it's what they want. But I plan on voting with my money against that one...
I only buy DVDs that I watch enough that it's worth buying them.
But DVDs are pretty cheap here, I think... :)
Feel free to not buy the replacement, then. As me, I certainly won't mind a higher quality picture. It isn't as if my DVD player and DVD discs will suddenly drop dead.
I don't have a copy, but from actually reading the original article -- yes, it conforms to red book standards. The issue is content (malware), not structure.
I expect it's because most people won't leave their name and number.
I know it doesn't make sense, but I think it's still true...
Ah, Russian coders?
We had two of them. They were too easy to work with, actually... they never told us when they needed something. They were happy to sit anywhere outside of Russia. :)
Ah, air conditioning.
It's never the right temperature, either. I forgot that one. :)
I work at a company where they spent a lot more than that, and the office was not nearly as nice as they described.
Even though we had a huge amount of space, management insisted on shared offices. Lighting was all florescent. Desks were cheap. Network drops were scarce, and switches non-existent.
I really hated it. But at least it had high ceilings.
We have a couple Mac retail chains around here. One of them is exactly as you described it -- overpriced crap, ancient used Macs, only one or two modern systems in stock, one copy of Panther (which had been opened and installed by the staff on their personal machines), and rude to boot. The software was, nearly without exception, from two or three years ago.
The other is gorgeous. They usually have every model on display (last time I was in, they were missing the 15" Powerbook), set up in the same kind of way as a "true" Apple store. They've got a MIDI music station, an MP3 music station, a digital video station. The owner cut his teeth selling a batch of the original Apple computer. Most of the salesmen have been around nearly as long. I can ask obscure questions and they've got answers, and they know how to solve problems cheaply. When you upgrade, they clone drives at a minimal cost, and if they can't manage it you don't get charged.
Guess which store has gotten about $5,000 worth of business this year?
Phil Hendrie used to be on in my market. I loved that show.
There is a HUGE difference between calling a show and appearing on one.
As for your "child molesters have a valid perspective" thing, First, your country has this thing called free speech. Secondly, I've heard him bring that topic up, and if you really think that's what it said (something I doubt, you're probably trolling) you have no grasp on irony. His "guests" are almost always repugnant characters that not even their mother could love. But we find out about it slowly.
No, I'm talking about the bigger problem -- Mozilla does a MUCH better job of securing the gates, but a web browser isn't the only gateway. And what happens once the application gets through the gates?
It would not be impossible to design an OS that does not allow spy ware. There would be certain tradeoffs, but perhaps they are worth doing. Likewise, it would be entirely possible to add built-in virus checking to major operating systems.
To a certain degree, safe usage will always require a savvy user. There's a limit to how safe you can make things for non-technical users. But I think we're still well away from that limit.
That clears up my question, thank you. :)
I'd like to know. There used to be an autorun on the Mac, but I think it was never ported to OS X.
I've had Haupage, AVer and now ATi. They all sucked. The ATi sucks the least, though.
(I think I'm missing one from my list.)
So I traded emails and phone calls back and forth with ATI, and in the end got the brilliant suggestion to (I shit you not) uninstall and reinstall the software every single time I wanted to use it!
My experiences with TV tuner cards started when my TV broke.
I had to do that with Hauppage's card. Luckily, it only took about five minutes to do and required only one restart.
Eventually, I just bought a new TV. It was easier.
Which one od you use?
Drivers for internal PCI tuners are usually crap on Windows. I think I'm on my third card, and I keep throwing them out and trying a different one because of the drivers...