Tag: konfabulator

With Apple threatening to push his product aside, longtime Mac developer Arlo Rose has moved his Konfabulator software to Windows, reports CNET News.com. “Back in June, Apple announced that it would offer a feature called Dashboard as part of its next version of Mac OS X, code-named Tiger. The feature, which allows easy access to a variety of small applications called widgets, is remarkably similar to Konfabulator.

Konfabulator, the Mac OS X software that lets you run small files called widgets, which “can do pretty much whatever you want them to,” has been updated to version 1.7. The update sports a completely reworked our text engine to support international characters and character sets. This means you can run Japanese widgets without having to make your primary language Japanese, or any other language that uses an extended character set. Also, now you can listen to all your Japanese tracks in iTunes without seeing a string of question marks.

Konfabulator 1.6 is the latest version of the Mac OS X software that lets you run small files called widgets, which “can do pretty much whatever you want them to.” The update offers text rendering optimized for Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), animated GIF support, non-rectangular image support, an updated JavaScript engine, Exposé improvements, and more. Konfabulator sells for US$25.

Arlo Rose and Perry Clarke have released Konfabulator 1.5.3, an update to their JavaScript runtime engine for Mac OS X that lets you run small files called Widgets. Version 1.5.3 offers numerous fixes and tweaks, including restored proxy support, performance enhancements and feature additions to The Weather, and more. The software sells for US$25 and requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.

Arlo Rose and Perry Clarke have released Konfabulator 1.5, an update to their JavaScript runtime engine for Mac OS X that lets you run small files called Widgets. Version 1.5 adds over 200 new features, including support for drag and drop, direct text input, keyboard events, mouse event tracking, and better desktop integration. In addition, the default Widgets were updated and five new ones were added. The software sells for US$25 and requires Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) or later.

Arlo Rose and Perry Clarke have released Konfabulator 1.0.2, an update to their JavaScript runtime engine for Mac OS X that lets you run small files called widgets. According to the developers, widgets “can do pretty much whatever you want them to.” They can be alarm clocks, calculators, tell you your AirPort signal strength, fetch the latest stock quotes, or provide your current local weather. The latest version brings several improvements, all of which are detailed here.

Arlo Rose and Perry Clarke have released Konfabulator 1.0 (US$25), a JavaScript runtime engine for Mac OS X that lets you run small files called Widgets. According to the developers, Widgets “can do pretty much whatever you want them to.” They can be alarm clocks, calculators, tell you your AirPort signal strength, fetch the latest stock quotes, or provide your current local weather.