Yeah, this is largely a choice of whether I should buy Konfabulator or rely on Tiger someday :)
Of course, I'll be lured into Tiger anyway if I want to be able to do Java development (75% of my laptop usage) but I'm setting a Linux laptop up to possibly take that over. Tired of paying money to Apple for a Java upgrade (when other platforms are free). Downsides for Konfabulator, I have to buy a separate Windows and Mac licence and there's no Linux version. I played with Konfabulator a while back and found it very useful to have half-a-dozen or more widgets running on the background that let me see the state of the machine, my network and development environments (build status etc). All view only. I didn't find the interactive widgets to be of a lot of use, but that'll be up to user. Hen On 5/3/05, John Stone <johnstone at blackbirds.net> wrote: > Or you could use Konfabulator, which is what Apple based it on..... > > > There is a UNIX trick around on the net that allows you to put > > widgets on the desktop. I have not tried it as I have not found a > > significant discomfort in pressing f12 when necessary. I also am > > nervous about tinkering with the UNIX underpinnings for something > > like cosmetics. Dashboard in the whole is quite nice but I see lots > > of widgets on the desktop itself as more clutter than help. > > > > Mike > > > > > > On May 2, 2005, at 22:36 EDT, Henri Yandell wrote: > > > > > For those who are now on Tiger, I wonder if you could answer a > > > question for me. > > > > > > Dashboard looks very interesting, every demo I've seen of it seems to > > > have you pressing a key to see the Dashboard. Is it possible to attach > > > a Dashboard gadget to the background? Or do you always have to move to > > > a different mode to see the gadgets? > > > > > > Hen > > > > > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > > | be May 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > > > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > | be May 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > > > -- > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be May 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
