Just a thought..

a Universal widget...

with so many great programs Avedesk/ObjectDock/Konfab/Samurize/Kapsules would it not be easier to agree upon a universal method for widgets?

I mean im sure everyone sees thngs from different applications but dont use it because they dont want to run another program. So maybe just maybe if the authors agreed on a way to port these to and from. Or maybe be able to support them just as Rk launcher support objectdock and yz dock and avedesk supports object dock, i think this is possible if all creators worked together rather than on seperate projects but together..

iunno its just a thought and i guess you guys are free to leave yours. I think an amazing project would come out of it, 2 minds are better one as the saying goes.

#327775

As with all merging of software systems, it would be wonderful, and next to impossible. Not that I don't support the idea. It's just that the reason there are different programs for the same thing is because they all approach it from a different angle. =P And it would be very difficult (ok, impossible) to consolidate even two of these programs because they're so different in basic implementation.

I suppose eventually someone may come along with a way to convert, or at least emulate between applications. Again, like I say - wonderful idea, but it just is hard to imagine any two developers giving up what they've done to work on something similar in purpose but completely dissimilar in code, design, etc.

#327777

yes i see what you mean as this is a mere fantasy and i would see highly unlikly nontheless we have some very gifted programmers and scripters i am sure its possible as nothing is impossible. Also try to understand im not asking the authors to give up what they have done but instead fine tune it put differences aside and begin a new project not really from scratch as they have the previous project still at hand and it can be mended and formed so that i can include the use of all these widgets and desklets it may even be able to support the widgets/desklets from the Mac site itself. THat would definatly be a software worth paying for as it will not have the restriction, you will have an endless choice.

#327793

If there is a Universal software that has all the features of all the docks mentioned, someone will eventually make it payware. Which in turn would make other people that don't want to pay make their own free programs thus repeating the cicle.

#327805

how bout like konfabulator, where you can actually customize widgest like in avedesk, like choose the icon, name, etc sublabel etc.. and and then what if people can make dock widgets. that are fully customizable etc.. just a bunch of ideas..

#327807

Yah and while were at it we can make just one type of program file that will run on both macs, Unix/linuxs AND windows!!!!!

#327825

Yah and while were at it we can make just one type of program file that will run on both macs, Unix/linuxs AND windows!!!!!

Are we being sarcastic, or is it just really late and my brain is fried?

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