racoma.com.phJ. Angelo Racoma on technology, economics, writing, problogging, and getting things done

I just installed this nifty little tool called Konfabulator on my Windows XP machine and it rocks!

Mac
users would be familiar with those widgets–small floating applets–that
come with Mac OS X (starting with Tiger) that you can install and
modify, and usually accessible with the F12 key.

What the heck
are widgets? They’re basically mini-applications that run constantly in
the background. ‘Net-connected widgets are ready to provide you with
useful information, independent of a web-browser.

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There’s one thing a PC user would never fail to notice when
switching to or using a Mac: the crisp, clear typeface.  You
always get a beautiful rendering of text on-screen.  It’s almost
like reading printed word on paper.  As Apple CEO Steve Jobs would point out, this concept of crisp, clear typefaces was brought about by his
sitting in on calligraphy classes during his college days.  So the
guys over at Apple kept the on-screen appearance of their text as
beautiful as calligraphy.

But that’s not the end of it.  Steve is also quick to acknowledge that Microsoft copied this concept, with ClearType.

This article on the MS website explains the benefits and how to enable the feature on Windows.

Yes, if you’re a Windows user, you can also enjoy seeing crisp,
clear typeface on your monitor.  Just make sure the feature is
enabled.  And I’m sure you’ll never go back to a non-ClearType
display again.  Or at least you would be compelled to have the feature
turned on everytime.

Somehow, it’s still not as beautiful as how a Mac would render on-screen fonts.  But until I get myself my very own Powerbook, this will do.

ClearType is really great on the eyes.