Konfabulator goodness

There's a new product available to Windows users; the Konfabulator.

What's that you ask? Well, let me tell you, it's a software package that allows you to run "widgets", which are small little programs that run on the desktop. The konfabulator allows you to run these programs on your desktop, or if you're a developer, you can develop programs using javascript and XML.

The widgets that are available are useful in most cases. Take for example the weather widget (at the bottom right of the screenshot below).

Screenshot of my desktop with three widgets running

As you can see, the right side of the screen has a little grey, rounded square with clouds and weather information displayed on it. This is the weather widget. You can set it to display your area's weather condition. The other widget at the top left is just an analog clock, and the last widget on the screen is a picture frame (slideshow).

The widgets are pretty handy, and chances are if you don't think these are handy, one of the widgets that are downloadable from the konfabulator website will tickle your fancy. So, get the konfabulator and load yourself up with widgets.