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Yahoo buys Konfabulator and give it away!

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by TwisterMc, Jul 25, 2005.

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    Yahoo has bought a piece of software called Konfabulator. Konfabulator runs little programs on your desktop and gives you quick access to page rank, weather, email, stocks, traffic and much much more. Yahoo is also giving it away FREE :D
     
    TwisterMc, Jul 25, 2005 IP
  2. just-4-teens

    just-4-teens Peon

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    cool - thanks for the heads up :D
     
    just-4-teens, Jul 25, 2005 IP
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    Never heard of it. Looks interesting, but not interesting enough to download.
     
    mopacfan, Jul 25, 2005 IP
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    It's an awesome program, I ran it a few months back.. It does eat up a bit of your memory though, depending on how many widgets you're running.
     
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    i have just download it, it's interesting!
     
    jorge, Jul 26, 2005 IP
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    www.AmCy.org American CyberSpace®

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    smells like spyware to me.
     
    www.AmCy.org, Jul 26, 2005 IP
  7. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    1. Why buy it, its kinda obsolete now with DashBoard?
    2. I thought it was Mac only, so again, why buy it using the philosophy that there are many more dollars to be made with PC users

    Look, I used Konfabulator and thought it was pretty cool. It was a bit too resource intensive IMHO and so I kicked it to the curb. So when Apple decided to create Konfab, I mean DashBoard, I thought.... Cool, I can get all the neato features of Konfabulator without the processor hogging. However... Dashboard is just as bad if not worse.

    Anyway, why buy it? Unless there is a PC version that is.
     
    Mia, Jul 26, 2005 IP
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    Thomas - I saw that too...Perhaps this will be Dashboard for everyone not lucky enough to be running Tiger?
     
    TopSpin, Jul 26, 2005 IP
  9. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    Agreed! Yeah, it is amazing how DB bears a striking resemblance to Konfabulator.

    I guess there is a Windows Version.. Who knew. I'm gonna rush home tonight and get this installed on my new Acer Laptop! Now to figure out how to blast DashBoard off my iBook!
     
    Mia, Jul 26, 2005 IP
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    i can just see all the yahoo pop ups now
     
    Canadianbacon, Jul 26, 2005 IP
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    This is a great little tool. I advise anyone to give it a try if they havn't already.
     
    m1ke, Jul 31, 2005 IP
  12. TwisterMc

    TwisterMc Mac Guru

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    - It's free. No buying involved.
    - For Mac and PC
    - Better than Dashboard cuz it can work in 10.2 and up
    - Better than Dashboard cuz it can sit on the desktop. I'm not a fan of hitting extra buttons to go to a new screen to see my widgets.

    All in all both are quite nice. I just lean a little more towards Konfab because it's right on the desktop. Both are good though. ;)
     
    TwisterMc, Jul 31, 2005 IP
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    I use konfab for the PR widget.

    Dashboard not being on the desktop renders it nearly useless for me. I cant be bothered to click wait and find out what i need. It still generally works out quicker to just search.
    why did they do that ?
     
    Design Agent, Jul 31, 2005 IP
  14. TwisterMc

    TwisterMc Mac Guru

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    So it wasn't a complete duplicate of Konfab. ;)
     
    TwisterMc, Jul 31, 2005 IP
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    I try and keep my PC running as fast as possible and things like this slow it down, so I won't be getting (I mean I even don't use Wallpapers to same some speed)
     
    soapbath, Jul 31, 2005 IP
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    you run a wallpaper site and dont use them? ;) Which i have to say is probably the best site I have every navigated across! Not even an AD. congrats.
     
    schlottke, Jul 31, 2005 IP
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    Thanks alot, but yeah I use them on my other systems, just not the PC I code with.
     
    soapbath, Aug 1, 2005 IP
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    A Yahoo product showing PR?

    I wonder why they aren't showing YahooRank ;) :D
     
    SEbasic, Aug 1, 2005 IP
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    Over the next week or so im sure you will see them changes, at the moment the software does not even say anything about Yahoo (Even in licance), they will start changing asap.
     
    soapbath, Aug 1, 2005 IP