 |
Further
Reading ...
|
|
Business Blogging -- Should it Be A Protected Free Speech Right?
Business Blogging -- Should it Be A Protected Free Speech Right?
Leading SEO Expert Aaron Matthew Wall Author of SEO Book Sued over Blogging Free Speech Issue.
Blogging has come a long way as it relates to becoming a part of mainstream media....
HEALING BRUSH AND PATCH ON THE SPOTLIGHT
Want a better way to edit your image? Photoshop offers you better tools you can use to remove flaws on your image. Images are not that perfect, but the graphics world does not have a room for imperfections. So, computer graphics programs have tried...
Protecting Your Profits on Pay-Per-Click Engines
The 3 Common Mistakes Marketers Make
The plan in your head seems so simple: bid on keywords on pay-per-click (PPC) engines then watch your business skyrocket. Some marketers do achieve instant success. However, many are losing money because ...
Computer Help Desk Stupid Questions brought to you by Computer Service Now (CSN)
CSN Helps desk technicians know first hand that the phrase 'there are no stupid questions' is untrue. It's understandable that people are nervous about computer technology, but everyday computer technicians are asked to help people out of...
|
|
|
Dashboard widgets for windows
|
 |
Written By:
alang
|
|
|
Ever since Apple announced about the new features in their latest Mac OS X, one feature that really caught attention is Dashboard. Tiger Dashboard" Dashboard is home to widgets: mini-applications that let you perform common tasks and provide you with fast access to information. With a single click, Dashboard appears, complete with widgets that bring you a world of information — real-time weather, stock tickers, flight information and more — instantly. Dashboard disappears just as easily, so you can get back to what you were doing."
For a windows user like me, just can watch with envy the new eye candy features in Mac OS X and wondering how I can have the same feature on my belove windows.
Before Apple introduce dashboard in their latest Mac OS X, most of mac users already can have widget on their desktop using Konfabulator by Pixoria Inc. "Konfabulator is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather."
And on November 2004, Pixoria has released Konfabulator 1.8 for both Mac and Windows platform and its instantly bringing its renowned OS X-based functions (and widgets!) to the ubiquitous Windows platform. There is a small community in - continued below ...
|
|
|
continued ...
windows user that love to change their default Windows look to Mac OS X and with the availabilty of Konfabulator to run widgets, some of the talented developers has started porting Tiger Dashboard to run on windows using Konfabulator engine and the results is tremendous.
And until today, quite a number of Dashboard Widgets has being ported to run on windows using Konfabulator and other widget engine like Avedesk, Kapsules, and Stardock DesktopX.
But most of the widgets, has being ported to run on Konfabulator because the flexibility of Konfabulator engine to run various kind widgets, just like Tiger Dashboard. Listed below, few popular widgets that has being ported to windows.
1. Dashboard Weather
Here is my first Konfabulator Widget. After seeing a preview of Tiger (particularly Dashboard), reading about a alternative for Windows (Konfabulator) and seeing the great work of Saladin and Ghostwalker, I decided to make my own contribution. So here it is, the konfab clone of the weather widget.
2. World Clock
World Clock Dashboard for Konfabulator. Based on the Konfabulator WorldClock Pro by Ricky.
3. Sticky Notes
Konfabulator clone of the Dashboard stickies with extras
You can get more Dashboard Widgets for windows at http://www.osx-e.com/downloads/dashboard/
About the Author
alang is a founder/owner of osx-e.com, a website about windows to mac emulation that being around for 2 years
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
| _Additional Resources ... |
|
Often Overlooked Revenue for Internet Marketing
Internet Marketing is an Industry that is as highly diversified as are tips on playing the Stock Market. Anyone who has been involved in the industry for very long can tell you that it is easy to jump on a new "bandwagon" or "hot topic" every week....
The Internet: Helping You Find Friends Lost in Time and Space
Can you remember a friend or relative’s name that has disappeared from the Earth? You haven’t had contact with them in decades, but now you want to find out where they are so you can get in touch. In the old days this would have been nearly...
The Dark Side of Help Desk SLAs
You just signed a Help Desk Service Level Agreement (SLA) and now think things will get easier. However, you may soon be falling into one of these traps: 1) COVERING THE TRUTH WITH METRICS In some companies, those under the radar of SLA...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
