Talk:Yahoo! Widgets

message: I'm sorry, but as someone who does not know what Konfabulator is, I gotta say that this article told me nothing. This article should explain to me what it is (which means explain what a widget is and why I care). I don't mean to sound harsh, but it is written with jargon.
68.49.142.108 05:49, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  More information needed 

message: Kapsules shouldn't be listed here as the Kapsules entry makes a big deal about not being similar.
gDesklets and SuperKaramba were mentioned as Windows-only (*gasp*) programs, when in fact they don't natively run on the Microsoft Windows Platform. I made the appropriate changes, but I think that it should be changed further to perhaps include an entire "Alternatives" section.
:Got your suggestion. I will add one now. A.K.R. 15:28, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Edit: on second thoughts, looking at the format of the article now, I don't think it's as good. Let's focus on the features here, shall we? A.K.R. 15:33, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related software 

message: A couple of the links in See also don't point to pages that are working like aDesklets and Amazing Brass don't point to pages that exist Tahnok 19:12, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead links 

message: Uh... what's up with the whole capitalization thing? Freaky. - 71.213.105.224 23:59, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization of "Widget" 

message: First off, while this article does provide some information about Konfabulator/Yahoo! Widget Engine, there are some issues. First off, the default Widgets included with the engine are not features. Features are things like the engine's ability to use SQLite databases, the ability to use Canvas, and the new (as of 4.x) Dock. Those are features. If you are going to consider the default Widgets as features, then you must list every Widget in the gallery, as they are also features. That is sure to bring the Wikipedia "Clean-up" down on this article. I also noticed you mentioned the leaving of Perry Clark, but did not mention the fact that Arlo Rose is no longer a part of the team. Sections like the "Dashboard vs Konfabulator Debate", however, are well done. It does not make an opinion, and is not judgmental. It just presents the facts. Kudos. Another thing to note is that while most articles have a "Controversies" section, this article does not. We have at least two with the release of Vista. Vista Gadgets are not a "ripoff" or a clone of Konfabulator or any other widget engine. (and the reverse is true, as a really early Vista build included Gadgets, I believe before Konfabulator came out). So I suggest we move the "D vs K" debate into a "controversies" section. This will also allow any potential future controversies to be added without creating a new section. I will attempt a clean up of the features section (and nothing else, I promise). Feel free to fix any mistakes I may make, but I will be as factual as possible without getting so technical casual visitors will not have a clue. Please help me to make this article more worth while to visitors. - CSM  10:10, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Features 

message: I've changed the images to have a more appropriate license.  Since they're screenshots of a BSD-licensed app, they should now be okay.  Please discuss future removals on the talk page before making them. Yonisyuumei 20:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How do you figure they are BSD licensed? I've skimmed though the copyright policy, the terms of use and such on the Yahoo widget site and I can find no mention of the BSD license anywhere... --Sherool (talk) 09:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Below is a quote from the EULA. Yonisyuumei 00:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Well ok, it's based on the BSD. However the main concern remains, Section d of the Yahoo license clearly introduce additional restrictions to the creation of derivative works and the commercial use of material under that license. They may have borrowed a lot of text from the BSD license text, but the modifications they have done means it's very much a non-free license and saying these are BSD licensed is misleading, you might call it a BSD style license, but they are still considered non-free by Wikipedia standards and those screenshots need to comply with Wikipedia:Non-free content, meaning the gallery needs to go. --Sherool (talk) 07:10, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  See my talk page for a reply to this concern.  Let's keep all this in one place. Yonisyuumei 19:47, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair Use Image Gallery

message: This article needs to be updated to mention the new features (Flash, HTML, better security) added on version 4.5. I may do these changes myself if nobody else "offers".
The version number was updated on the infobox already. 201.212.44.26 21:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  4.5 

message: There appear to be issues with the current liquid layout of example Widget icons. Here on FF3 these images are overlaying the screenshot text in the features section. I imagine due to absolute/relative positioning issues.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.25.109.197 (talk) 16:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Liquid layout issues 

message: can the iTunes widget be used like the real iTunes? you know, with the window? as in this window: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ITunes_8.png  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.241.244 (talk) 03:12, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  iTunes 

message: i closed it and now i want it back  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.241.244 (talk) 07:02, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  i want my dock back 

message: Does anyone know what the current status of Yahoo! Widgets is? The program hasn't been updated since early 2007 and the forums are closed down.173.58.53.212 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 06:18, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current status of Yahoo! Widgets (Konfabulator) 

message: Are there any cross platform, open source alternatives to Yahoo Widgets that will support desktop and mobile devices?74.100.45.175 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 20:41, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternatives?