On or before 08/31/2004.... this is in any configuration, the card is the holdup I wish they would not announce crap till it is at least CLOSE to being ready to ship

Quote: Originally posted by Zimphire: Fixed lol, True, they'll be hitting the home run by end of this year, but release could be anything up to next April.

Quote: Originally posted by Zimphire: Fixed Don't you think it's more likely that it'll be nearer a year? If they were going to bring it out at the beginning of…

Quote: Originally posted by Zimphire: Lets hope Apple's version doesn't hog the CPU or memory. The CPU thing isn't so bad these days. I've got 3 widgets going on …

Quote: Originally posted by vertex: They've got a half a year to get things honed in, Fixed

Quote: Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo: The difference between Konfabulator and Dashboard is that Dashboard actually looks useful. So good for Apple. …

Quote: Originally posted by cszar2001: And by showing what they have in the works the users can give them hints as to what the finished product should look like. Changin…

Quote: Originally posted by vertex: So long as widgets can be manip[ulated, ie. changing the colours, I'l be happy. Thing is, all of this is very early stuff, just conc…

Quote: Originally posted by cszar2001: Is it possible to get a patent for software?-or for ideas? That way you could sue someone who is ripping you off. I like the demo …

Is it possible to get a patent for software?-or for ideas? That way you could sue someone who is ripping you off. I like the demo of Dashboard-exactly what I need to make life a li…

They also ripped off the name from SNP's Longhorn Sidebar clone called Dashboard. Probably all innocent though.

Quote: Originally posted by itistoday: Umm... no. Additionally, if Apple were to throw money to every independent developer who came up with an idea they improved upon,…

Hmm. I have a few seperate opinions on the whole issue here. I don't think its a bad idea for any OS to push forward on what really fits into the OS, even if a 3rd party does it. F…

Quote: Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo: The difference between Konfabulator and Dashboard is that Dashboard actually looks useful. So good for Apple. …

Quote: Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo: The difference between Konfabulator and Dashboard is that Dashboard actually looks useful. So good for Apple. …

both look like crap.

The difference between Konfabulator and Dashboard is that Dashboard actually looks useful. So good for Apple.

How on earth can you say Apple ripped off LightSwitch when this feature has been in Windows since god-knows-when?? Putting an application switcher in the middle of the screen was …

Umm... no. If you remember, back in the day Apple had originally created the concept of widgets. Remember the Calculator? Scrapbook? Stickies? And I'm sure there were a lot of ot…

Quote: Originally posted by PuzzleOfLife: Nod, I can't believe Apple ripped off the Omniweb and Opera folks by developing a browser. Nice attempt at comparing two…

Nod, I can't believe Apple ripped off the Omniweb and Opera folks by developing a browser.

This is so shitty. Watson LiteSwitch and now Konfab. Quote: from a guy in the Konfab forums Now it seems Apple has done it again with copying Konfabulator! Steve Jobs durin…

just because there is an unsourced quote from Moore saying it's ok, doesn't mean it is. even if he endorses it, i doubt his distributers would. so please, don't post it again.

Hmm, why is my taskbar calendar stuck on April 1?

Quote: Originally posted by Zimphire: That made no sense. You weren't going to watch it, but now you can get it for free, you've decided to go to theaters? Heh [/B] …