Yahoo Purchases Konfabulator 302
NerdyPunk2ML writes "Macworld news has an
article
about Yahoo's acquisition of Konfabulator, which will be announced Monday. Yahoo company executives said they will be
giving Konfabulator away for free, completely doing away with the US$19.95
currently charged for the product. The reason they purchased
Konfabulator was they wanted an easy way to open up its APIs to the developer
community and allow them easy access to the information on the Yahoo web site." From the article: "The acquisition of Konfabulator may not be the last Mac compatible product users see from Yahoo! While Schneider wasn't specific, he did say that there was interest in the Mac. 'There is a move at Yahoo! -- in addition to Konfabulator -- to move more onto the Mac,' said Schneider. 'We want to make sure we find a way to be more cross platform.'"
fells like dvorak... (Score:3, Funny)
highly doubt (Score:0, Funny)
Please, take me seriously! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:too lazy to google right now (Score:4, Funny)
I just bought Konfabulator (Score:2, Funny)
Re:too lazy to google right now (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cheap buy? (Score:3, Funny)
Bwahaha! Thanks for a laugh. If ever Microsoft makes something like these I bet you whatever you wish it will NOT be a simple zip file format for widgets with resource images, xml configs and JS scripts in it. It will probably be a hecked up binary (they will provide a semi-documented interface to work with it. Maybe.) with uncompressed BMP images, UTF16 encoded strings, etc, etc. Expect at least 3-5 megs per widget. Of course only MS signed widgets will run without a hack. In short - see how they implemented Windows Themes for example. Oh, and you will need to install
Re:Please, take me seriously! (Score:5, Funny)
or DiMWiT for short
Re:ugh (Score:0, Funny)
I left a good taste in your mom's mouth.
Re:Yahoo! is the greatest (Score:5, Funny)
Konfabulator is awesome, if MicroSoft had released it, it would cost $69.95 in the form of an OS update.
That's nothing. If Apple released it, said OS update would cost $129. Oh, wait a sec...
Re:I just bought Konfabulator (Score:4, Funny)
You must be new here.
Re:I tried to like Konfabulator (Score:3, Funny)
A weather checking widget? Check. But I have a web browser with a tab to my local weather up at all times anyway.
Wow. Slashdotters are the only people that when you say "open the window" to they immediately turn to their computers.
Re:I just bought Konfabulator (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why use a computer monitor? (Score:5, Funny)