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e22 – Widgets

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In this episode we talk about all kinds of widgets, gadgets, and little software thingamabobs. We discuss what qualifies as an app, how to hack together a Konfabulator widget, and hardware accelerated ripples.

Links for this episode:

  • followup
    • YoruFukorou means "night owl"
  • etymology of "widget" (OED)

    • 1937 E. Lyons Assignment in Utopia (1938) iii. iii. 299 Every time the percentage of widgets turned out by her factory rose her features shone.

  • window widgets
  • desk accessories

    • Chooser
  • Font/DA Mover
  • MultiFinder
  • Folklore.org: Desk Ornaments
  • The Death of Desk Accessories
  • Konfabulator
    • FAQ (including Arlo Rose and Perry Clark bio)
  • original teaser website [WayBack]
  • Windows Active Desktop
  • acquired and became Yahoo! Widgets
  • K widget gallery [WayBack]
  • Dashboard
    • OS X 10.4 Tiger
  • Apple widget gallery
  • DashCode, part of Xcode
  • Safari Web Clips
  • intro at WWDC – ripples!
  • Go Go Redball! widget
  • Disable Dashboard widget
  • Dashboard key became Launchpad key
  • is Dashboard deprecated?
    • 1st-party widgets not Retina
  • disabled by default in El Capitan
  • Who Sherlocked whom?
    • John Gruber's take
  • John Siracusa's take
  • Stattoo
    • unreleased 2.0 beta
    ...more
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