Before MacOS X 10.4, before Dashboard, there was Konfabulator. It began as an independent Mac ShareWare app with a simple vision - allow programmers to create mini-programs in Java which pulls info from the web for a simple interface. Then Apple realized the power of the idea and incorporated it into the next version of MacOS X. Well, the Konfabulator developers faught back by creating a Windows version of their app, and expanding their universe quickly. But why pay for something you can get for free?
Yahoo! thinks they have the answer. They have bought Konfabulator and are planning to make it a next-generation interface to the content that Yahoo! owns. That means, it is now 100% free for Windows and Mac. Which means, in the end, it has the potential to become a standard and overwhelm Dashboard as the major Widget provider.
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