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• hmm, it does all look very familiar
  2004-06-29 07:45:58  jshell [View]
  
  
  One of Arlo Rose's early claims to fame, long before Konfabulator, was an extension to Mac OS 7.x called "Aaron". What Aaron did was copy the default Copland interface (aka 'Platinum') from the then-planned Mac OS 8. It was a straight up copy.
  
  In fact, by announcing details of upcoming OS features early, there are often a lot of cheap imitations made of the new features before they go the real release comes out. The game goes both ways.
  
  I would like to see Apple defend their position on 'Dashboard', but it seems to be a better implementation of a system that (to me) has proven to be primarily about cute little meaningless widgets whose novelty wore off in a couple of weeks. What I've seen Apple's implementation do has been more impressive - the one key transition to/from a widget desktop (a feature Konfabulator didn't have until yesterday); the Dashboard's 'Dock' from which different widgets can be launched and managed.
  
  And for all the little whining going on about Konfabulator, not once have I seen anyone mention the simpler but similar Stattoo.
• hmm, it does all look very familiar
  2004-07-07 15:51:50  robbbeal [View]
  
  
  Jason,
  
  Stattoo isn't tied to the OS!
  
  http://www.usercreations.com/weblog/2004/07/06.html#a609
  
  Robb