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mrbiiggy2 · Feb 15, 2003, 02:21 AM

You can just run it from terminal (Although I haven't tried it, but I've heard)

/Applications/Konfabulator.app/Contents/MacOS/Konfabulator /Your/Widget/Location.widget --child

neoTony · Feb 16, 2003, 08:09 AM

Originally posted by mrbiiggy2:
This kills the original Konfabulator process, which doesn't need to be run... Just launch all your widgets, then run this script. The annoying window and the menu bar thingy will die, good luck.

Moral ambiguity much?

Nothing quite like stealing money from the little guys to make you sleep better at night, hey?

delete · Feb 17, 2003, 09:00 PM

Is there a way to hide widgets when I'm in other programs or maybe the question is can I hide the desktop?

mrbiiggy2 · Feb 17, 2003, 09:24 PM

Originally posted by neoTony:
Moral ambiguity much?

Nothing quite like stealing money from the little guys to make you sleep better at night, hey?

I'll never pay $25 for useless software.

starman · Feb 18, 2003, 12:11 AM

I've been debating whether or not this thing is worth $25. When I first played with it, I thought it was the Mac version of DesktopX for the PC. However, since I actually own DesktopX and use it, and I've played more with Konfabulator, I can say that Konfabulator isn't DesktopX. It COULD be, but in its current state, it sure isn't. So, with that said, I'll have to say that I don't feel it's worth $25. $15 max, but $25 is what you'd pay for a used console game, and a LOT more work went into that.

Mike

mrbiiggy2 · Feb 18, 2003, 04:29 AM

You know maybe if it had superb widgets to offer us (which it should - while the end user was waiting for it people that are coding widgets now should've been coding them and testing them out) when it was released it would be worth $25. I'll never pay $25 to have access to 30 different clocks and news headline grabbers.

mrfrost · Feb 18, 2003, 04:37 AM

If it isn't worth $25 to you now, maybe it will be later? There are some great widgets to come. The Proteus one that is coming looks nice

jessejlt · Feb 18, 2003, 05:07 AM

Originally posted by Mr_Frost:
If it isn't worth $25 to you now, maybe it will be later? There are some great widgets to come. The Proteus one that is coming looks nice

What does it do? The dock has that message collection thing already.

I think the fundamental problem with Kon for me, is that it is an app focused on the desktop. I have too many windows open to want to minimize them in order to do / check something with a widget, especially since most of the widgets can be accomplished with other programs. Hopefully the quality of widgets pic up a bit, and some usefull widgets popup.
jesse ;-)

lazydesert · Feb 19, 2003, 05:24 PM

Originally posted by rgoer:
foobars, you listen to Bright Eyes? A friend of mine, that's his brother's band. His own band, Sorry About Dresden, isn't bad either.

*heart sinks*
*jealousy grows*

Bright Eyes kicks ass, and Sorry about Dresden is rockin' great.

moki · Feb 20, 2003, 09:37 AM

I recently wrote up a little review of Konfabulator, the new widget-based interface application from the creators of Kaleidoscope. I hope you find it interesting:

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/webboard/F...ML/001077.html

sweatervest · Feb 20, 2003, 11:11 AM

Originally posted by lazydesert:

Bright Eyes kicks ass, and Sorry about Dresden is rockin' great. [/B]

Bright Eyes def kicks ass!

silverghost · Feb 20, 2003, 01:07 PM

ok, just a personal observation with konfab on my TiSD runs not to swift, when im using photoshop and macromedia products; so for now konfab is off till the cpu and memory usage gets fixed.

great concept though!

aloha

ARENA · Feb 20, 2003, 09:47 PM

I'd love to have a widget like this Windows XP proggie (lower right).