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Let's just get this out of the way... Konfabulator is now free. Yup. If you download version 2.1 you know what you'll never ever see? That's right a registration reminder. Fear not, there's nothing sneaky in there, no spyware, no ads, nothing that's keeping track of information and sending it to us... it's pure, uncut Konfabulator goodness.

Now, we can currently hear the cries of all those people who've recently purchased Konfabulator. Fear not, people, for you will be given the gift of a refund if you purchased Konfabulator 2.0 or later. Revel in the glory of it.


Yahoo? Yahoo!

Yup, the big announcement we've been sneaking around and working up to is that we've been acquired by Yahoo!. We're really excited about this, and here's the big reason why... they have free espresso on campus! That's right, no more $80 a week Starbucks bills!

Another reason we're excited about it, is the very cool big picture. See, when we first thought of Konfabulator, one of the key pieces was accessing internet content. Well guess what Yahoo has boat-loads of? Yup. And what's really great is that they're starting to open it up to everyone in a format that's useable outside the traditional browser, as XML feeds. Guess how they're going to provide real-world examples of how to use this stuff. Yup... Konfabulator. So really, depending on how you look at it, we're taking over Yahoo! We're going to make it so the best way to access their data is via slick little Widgets.


But what about the developers?

We are actually focusing really hard on making sure developers are first class citizens in our new home. With all this cool Konfabulator stuff comes Yahoo's new XML APIs. Since we're kick-starting Yahoo's Developer Network, this means that our current Konfabulator community will become the founding members of Yahoo's Developer community. Widgets like TV Scraper won't need to scrape any more (there goes the name) and will get our full support during development. Awesome. Grassroots support from third party developers is one of the primary reasons why Yahoo is so excited about Konfabulator, and that Yahoo is 100% commited to keeping Konfabulator free and open for anyone to build Widgets (and to create a massive installed base for developers to distribute their Widgets to).


Are you going to change the name?

Yes, to Yahooulator! and Yidgets.

Okay, maybe not.

Actually, the overall platform is now "Yahoo! Widgets". The core engine is still Konfabulator, and will remain that for a while, but don't be too surprised if that's slowly transitioned out. I know, we all love the name, but how do you tell your grandma "Go download Konfabulator!" and have her know what on earth you're talking about?

So, we're excited. You should be too. We're in good hands at Yahoo!, I mean, they acquired Flickr, right? How bad can they be?

Here's to Konfabulator's next phase of life. Cheers! *clink*
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WOW!!!
du bist ja richtig schnell:

Falsch: Nicht jetzt, sondern seit einer Woche oder so...

Hat das jemand von Euch im Einsatz?
Gibt's da irgendwelche Empfehlungen?

ja, das alte wetter widget(devil), das neue ist us-orientiert und die meisten europäischen locations fehlen. ausserdem den italienischen zugfahrplan:-P

hotmac

Habs im Einsatz

The Weather
PictureFrame /wenn Freundin nicht da)
Mini Battery
Mail Candy

Diese Widgets verwende ich standardmäßig, gelegentlich eines der Spiele.
Ich bilde mir ein, dass der Konfabulator doch weniger Ressourcen frisst, als Dashboard...

Natürlich ist es bei mir auch das Weatherwidget, das nicht auf Yahoo zugreift (meines greift auf Weather.com zu).
Wenn draußen die Sonne scheint, zeigt das Yahoo-Ding den Mond an

Widgets die nur online-Seite (zudem verkürzt) wiedergeben sind meiner Meinung nach völlig überflüssig.

Mal schaun, ob da etwas für mich dabei ist.:-/

ich hab auch das alte wetterwidget, ausserdem noch die analog uhr.

Sorry, ich war eine Woche off und hatte es in den News nicht gesehen, genausowenig im Forum...

Aber heck, immerhin gab es dadurch ein kleine Diskussion hier

Ich benutze zwar nicht das Weather-widget, habe aber eine weile lang online-comics über widgets angeschaut.
Ist bei _weitem_ praktischer.

PS: @davek:woher hast du das klasse icon?

ja also mein wetter widget das ich heute gerade getestet habe ist ja auch komisch, draussen schönes wetter und angezeigt wird der mond , komisches ding! na ja wie dem auch sei, ich seh ja so oder so wie das wetter bei mir ist!!:-P

zudem muss ich sagen, das ich schon viel lieber "WeatherDock" http://weatherdock.alwintroost.nl/ benütze, wenn ich das wetter anzeigen lassen möchte!

das ist schon besser und in der menubar gut untergebracht !