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Having probably created more skinnable "mini-programs" than just about anyone else, I noticed a pretty large decline in interest with new 545 Studios products some time before the release of kapsules. I do not want DX to get completly dumbed down though I import all my widgets into DX so I can use them as objects ( slightly less ram usage). I hope to continue to see inovation and simplification of the use of DX with widgets, I would not use Konfabulator because of the overhead but, some of the features are really nice. The widget proggies are just reviving all the functions of the little proggies that died a while ago. I tried to get into a couple of the skinnable text editors a long time ago but there was really no need because WB would skin what ever text editor I was using, In fact some proggies that used their own skins and would ignore WB really irritate me System Suite is and example. And I think you hit the nail on the head with the thoughts on WB taking the wind out of thier sails. I think that the small apps were dying long ago, unless they were freeware it seemed kinda silly to spend $10-$20 for an app that did little other than give stats or notification of email arriving. Here are some examples (some screenshots courtesy of ) - you be the judge: Which brings us to where we're at - widgets or custom mini-programs? Are we better off with widgets or skinnable mini-programs? Programs like WindowBlinds, which can skin every standard GUI'd application on the computer, probably didn't help them either. The widget enabling programs seem to have taken much of the momentum away from these programs. Regardless of the respective merits, what we have seen is a decline in the # of new skinnable stand-alone programs.
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By contrast, today's widget programs are somewhat harder to make new skins for since each widget is its own thing. Programs like XXCalc may be able to do only one thing but users could then apply dozens of skins for them. Widgets, currently, do have one downside - it is hard for end users to customize the way they look.
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They have the advantage of usually using less overhead than a stand alone program does on a given widget as well being able to provide the functionality of all the skinnable stand-alone programs. Programs like DesktopX and Konfabulator came along. Programs like Colorpad, Beatnik, Boxnote, Coolplayer, eNotes, EZPop, SkinCalc, XXCalc, Kewlpad, and countless other programs all let users have skinnable programs that did a small but specific thing.Īnd then came the widgets. These programs did one thing but they were skinnable. Skinnable programs became very popular for awhile.ĭuring that time, we saw small, skinnable programs come out. The first major skinnable program was Winamp. A skin is a collection of graphics designed to replace the user interface of a particular program. Long before widgets, in the sense that we know them today, existed there was skinning.