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Post #33 by screamingFit
Source ForumKonfabulator! — #33
CategoryDevelopment
Post DateMon, 10 Feb 2003 - 06:09
Original URLhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050523014128/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=143545
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Of course, I've been geeked about this piece of work for the past couple of weeks. I even downloaded at 4:30 am today in anticipation of witnessing greatness (as a note, I didn't get up that early just for this - had to go to work, too) and to be totally blown away. Well, it is cool but to me, it isn't the cat's ass. Maybe it's because the included widgets left me feeling empty, I dunno. As an example, there are two clock widgets included, digital and an analog. Why are either of these better than the clock that sits up in the menubar? I can instantly glance up and see what time it is - with Konfab, I've got to move my windows out of the way to see what time it is. Same with the battery indicator. Same with the Airport indicator. Sure, they're pretty and all but I just don't see what the point is. Proof of concept?

I can see really neat, pretty things being made with Konfab but the included widgets, to me, really didn't make me want to throw my money at Arlo. I did download a network bandwidth widget that sits on top of the window stack (don't know the tech term for this) so it is visible while working on apps. This was very cool and brought me to thinking about what Konfab could do much more than most of the included widgets did. Still don't know if it's worth $25...

I was pleased that with all the included widgets open, the Konfab process really never grabbed over 1.5% processor utilization.
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