Dashboard vs. Konfabulator
Tuesday
Sep 13, 2005
Here’s an article written mid-2004 comparing Dashboard and Konfabulator. From Daring Fireballs:
A sliding puzzle. A calculator. A clock. A little notepad. Tiny
little applets — little pieces of software that are something less
than full applications themselves, but which run alongside real apps
and are easily accessed at any time.Obviously, Apple ripped off the idea for Dashboard. Stolen
wholesale, without even the decency to mention where they took the
original idea.Which, of course, would be the desk accessories from the original
1984 Macintosh — conceived by Bud Tribble and engineered (mostly) by
Andy Hertzfeld.
Notwithstanding these debates, I’m enjoying the use of both!
J. Angelo Racoma is a technology journalist and blogger. See more of his blog posts here at racoma.com.ph, commentaries at racoma.net, and Twitter feed at @jangelo.Share:
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