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June 30, 2004
[WWDC] Dashfabulator
One of the flashy new features of Tiger is Dashboard - a framework for miniapps written in HTML, CSS, and Javascript. A lot of people - myself included - initially thought it was a near wholesale copy job of Konfabulator. But John Gruber, with his typical in-depth research and no-nonsense logic, has written what will likely be the definitive piece on the matter:
Obviously, Apple ripped off the idea for Dashboard. Stolen wholesale, without even the decency to mention where they took the original idea. Which, of course, would be the desk accessories from the original 1984 Macintosh
And there's a lot more. Too bad John isn't here at WWDC - I'd buy him a beer. Already bought a membership
Posted by jim at June 30, 2004 04:49 PM