July 25th, 2005
Konfabulator is Now Yahoo! Widgets
By David Johnston
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Yahoo has taken over the Konfabulator widget program which allows users to add “widgets” to their desktop that can show everything from stock quotes to CPU usage and works with both Windows and Mac OS’s. I personally hadn’t used any widgets programs in quite some time because I felt that they weren’t very mature when I first looked at them, but it’s obvious to me that Konfabulator has advanced quite a bit since the last time I tried it out. It’s very easy to install the program and widgets which is a plus compared with some of the programs and widgets I’ve tried before. If you know how to download a program from the internet and double-click, you can install and use Konfabulator.
After installing Konfabulator on my system, I immediately noticed that it can be a RAM hog (using 30+MB easily), however, it doesn’t take up a lot of CPU time. On the system I’m currently using, a 1.3Ghz Athlon with 512MB RAM, the widgets don’t seem to bog the system down at all while using office applications. I haven’t tried any gaming with them though. Suffice it to say, you probably wouldn’t want to run Konfabulator on a system with 256MB of RAM or less. Barring the large amounts of RAM usage, this is a really great program. My favorite widget right now is definitely the “Picture Frame” which can randomly cycle through pictures either on your computer or on a Flickr account. I also like “The Weather”, “Stock Ticker”, and “SysMonitor” which all either come with the program or can be downloaded from the Widget Gallery. One other nice thing about these widgets is that they’re all free! I highly recommend you download Yahoo! Widgets and give it a try.
Alice Adds: I have been writing about Konfabulator since February 2005 and am a HUGE fan. When I do a PowerPoint presentation for work and my desktop shows up on the big screen, the widgets literally stop everything and people all want to know where they came from, and what the program is, etc. Yahoo made a smart move snapping up this company. I also find that they use very little memory or CPU power, thanks to (what else!) widgets that monitor that info.
JTintle says:
The Konfabulator widgets can be memory hogs but they are nice and its nice to see them for free.
July 25th, 2005 at 4:24 pm
Lockergnome's Tech News Watch says:
Konfabulator is Now Yahoo! Widgets (and Free)
I have been writing about Konfabulator since February 2005 and am a HUGE fan. When I do a PowerPoint presentation for work and my desktop shows up on the big screen, the widgets literally stop everything and people all want to know where they came from…
July 27th, 2005 at 11:18 am
Jack says:
Konfabulator is a great app. My only concern is that it doesn’t give simple instructions on how to properly install new widgets. I think many people will wonder what to do with the files one gets in a .zip file when a widget is downloaded.
August 2nd, 2005 at 3:14 pm
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