Christopher

Ask Download Squad: What are widgets worth? (Download Squad)

Jul 29th 2005 12:02PM I used Konfabulator about a year and a half ago. I used it primarily for viewing network and disk activity, as well as battery level and Airport signal. When it asked me for money, I hacked up some alternatives, downloaded freeeware applications, and uninstalled it. Dashboard struck me as a poorly done alternative to Konfabulator. The modality of it is clutzy, and doesn't serve my purposes at all (I use Konfabulator for a quick Expose "Show Desktop" with disk/net info). When Dashboard was released, everyone said, "Oh no, Konfabulator is going to fade into obscurity." Now that Konfabulator is free, I think the reverse is going to happen; Dashboard will be all but forgotten and dead in a year.