e22 – Widgets
Sep 13, 2015•1 hr 8 min
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Episode description
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
- 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
- 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?
- Who Sherlocked whom?
- Stattoo
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